Animalia Americana : Animal Representations and Biopolitical Subjectivity /

Colleen Glenney Boggs puts animal representation at the center of the making of the liberal American subject. Concentrating on the formative and disruptive presence of animals in the writings of Frederick Douglass, Edgar Allan Poe, and Emily Dickinson, Boggs argues that animals are critical to the w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Boggs, Colleen (Autor)
Otros Autores: Bates, Katharine Lee (Contribuidor), Bush, Barbara (Contribuidor), Dickinson, Emily (Contribuidor), Douglass, Frederick (Contribuidor), Ghraib, Abu (Contribuidor), Poe, Edgar Allan (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2013]
Colección:Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science and Law
Temas:
American literature > History and criticism.
Animals in literature.
Human-animal relationships > United States.
Subjectivity in literature.
NATURE / Animal Rights.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. AMERICAN BESTIALITY
  • 2. BESTIALITY REVISITED
  • 3. ANIMALS AND THE LETTER OF THE LAW
  • 4. ANIMALS, AFFECT, AND THE FORMATION OF LIBERAL SUBJECTIVITY
  • 5. RETHINKING LIBERAL SUBJECTIVITY
  • EPILOGUE
  • NOTES
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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