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Becoming Centaur : Eighteenth-Century Masculinity and English Horsemanship /

"Explores the history of horse-human relationships over the long eighteenth century, and how these relationships in turn influenced performances of gender. Examines the agential influence of horses in their riders' lives, horses on stage and the early circus, and the politicization of huma...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Mattfeld, Monica, 1982- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2017]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • William Cavendish and Hobbesian horsemanship
  • Riding houses and polite equestrianism
  • Astley's amphitheatre
  • Henry William Bunbury and the mock manuals of horsemanship.