| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 296 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Human--animal studies,
1573-4226 ;
4
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Human-animal studies ; v. 4.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Bestiary: An Introduction (Philip Armstrong and Laurence Simmons); PART ONE THINKING ANIMALS; Chapter One Shame, Levinas's Dog, Derrida's Cat (and Some Fish) (Laurence Simmons); Chapter Two Understanding Avian Intelligence (Alphonso Lingis); PART TWO ANIMALS INCORPORATED; Chapter Three What do Animals Dream Of? Or King Kong as Darwinian Screen Animal (Barbara Creed); Chapter Four "No Circus without Animals"?: Animal Acts and Ideology in the Virtual Circus (Tanja Schwalm). |
| Summary |
Drawing on a range of perspectives such as philosophy, literary criticism, art history and cultural studies; this work presents a collection of essays which explore unconventional ways of knowing animals, offering insights into apparently familiar relationships between humans and other living beings. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Human-animal relationships.
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Human-animal relationships. |
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Animal behavior.
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Animal behavior. |
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Anthropomorphism.
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Anthropomorphism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Simmons, Laurence.
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Armstrong, Philip, 1967-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Knowing animals. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007 (DLC) 2007060853 |
| ISBN |
9789047419501 (electronic book) |
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9047419502 (electronic book) |
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9789004157736 |
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9004157735 |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/ej.9789004157736.i-296 |
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