Introduction to Animals and Visual Culture

Informationen zum Autor RANDY MALAMUD Professor of English at Georgia State University, USA. He is the author of Reading Zoos: Representations of Animals and Captivity (1998); Poetic Animals and Animal Souls (2003); and A Cultural History of Animals in the Modern Age (2007). He is a Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics and a Patron of the Captive Animals' Protection Society. Klappentext A fascinating exploration of the way in which animals are 'framed' - contextualized, decontextualized - in contemporary visual culture. Written in a highly engaging style, this book challenges the field, dealing with some highly controversial aspects of animal exploitation and boldly examines material that is seldom discussed within animal studies. Zusammenfassung A fascinating exploration of the way in which animals are 'framed' - contextualized! decontextualized - in contemporary visual culture. Written in a highly engaging style! this book challenges the field! dealing with some highly controversial aspects of animal exploitation and boldly examines material that is seldom discussed within animal studies. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Series Preface Acknowledgements Framed Animals Famous Animals Photographic Animals Film Animals Pornographic Animals Weird Animals Zoo Animals Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: R Malamud, R. Malamud, Randy Malamud
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.05.2012
• EAN: 9781137009838
• ISBN: 978-1-137-00983-8
• No. of pages: 180
• Series: The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series; Palgrave MacMillan Animal Ethi; The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series; Palgrave MacMillan Animal Ethi
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; B, Media Studies, Culture, Cultural Studies, Sociology of Culture, Ethics, Fine Arts, Communication, Society & culture: general, Ethics & moral philosophy, Fine Art, Media and Communication, Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics, Culture—Study and teaching, Cultural and Media Studies, general, Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Moral Philosophy, Fine arts: art forms, culture;film;Visual Culture