Becoming Centaur : Eighteenth-Century Masculinity and English Horsemanship /

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In this study of the relationship between men and their horses in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century England, Monica Mattfeld explores the experience of horsemanship and how it defined one's gendered and political positions within society.Men of the period used horses to transform themselves,...

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Autor principal: Mattfeld, Monica (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park, PA : Penn State University Press, [2021]
Colección:Animalibus: Of Animals and Cultures ; 9
Temas:
Horsemanship > History > 18th century > England.
Horsemanship > England > History > 18th century.
Horsemen and horsewomen > History > 18th century > England.
Horsemen and horsewomen > England > History > 18th century.
Human-animal relationships > History > 18th century > England.
Human-animal relationships > England > History > 18th century.
Masculinity > History > 18th century > England > England > History.
Masculinity > England > History > 18th century.
HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century.
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction Of Horses and Men
  • 1 William Cavendish and Hobbesian Horsemanship
  • 2 Riding Houses and Polite Equestrianism
  • 3 Astley's Amphitheatre
  • 4 Henry William Bunbury and the Mock Manuals of Horsemanship
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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