Animality and colonial subjecthood in Africa : the human and nonhuman creatures of Nigeria /

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"From debates over the aesthetics of birds in the urban landscape to how horse racing enhanced imperial power to the ways in which water navigation impacts aquatic creatures, Saheed Aderinto argues that it is impossible to comprehend the full extent of imperial domination without considering th...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Aderinto, Saheed (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2022]
Series:New African histories series.
Subjects:
To 1960
Animals > Nigeria > Colonial influence.
Animals > Social aspects > Nigeria > History.
Human-animal relationships > Nigeria > History.
Animaux > Aspect social > Nigeria > Histoire.
Relations homme-animal > Nigeria > Histoire.
Animals > Social aspects
Colonial influence
Human-animal relationships
Politics and government
Nigeria > Colonial influence.
Nigeria > Politics and government > To 1960.
Nigeria > Politique et gouvernement > Jusqu'à 1960.
Nigeria
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A meaty colony : Nigerians and the animals they ate
  • The living machines of imperialism : animal aesthetics, imperial spectacle, and the political economy of the horse and donkey
  • "Dogs are the most useful animals" : a canine history of colonial Nigeria
  • "The Nigerian political zoo" : animal art, modernism, and the visual narrative of nation-building
  • "Beware of dogs" : rabies and the elastic geographies of fear
  • The lion king in the cage : nature, wildlife conservation, and the modern zoo
  • "Let us be kind to our dumb friends" : animal cruelty in the discourse of colonial modernity
  • "A great evil ritual murder" : the Save-the-Nigerian-Horse-and-Donkey campaign.

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