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Informationen zum Autor Dorothy Yamamoto is a poet, the co-editor of Animals on the Agenda (1998). She is author of The Boundaries of the Human in Medieval English Literature (2000) and Guinea Pig (Reaktion, 2015) .She lives in Oxford. Klappentext Guinea pigs are one of the world's most popular pets--small, friendly, easy to care for, and unbearably cute. We have felt this way for a long time: guinea pigs were first domesticated in 5000 B.C.E. Since then they have inspired historical figures ranging from the scientist William Harvey to the artists Jan Brueghel and Beatrix Potter. In this book, Dorothy Yamamoto offers the first in-depth treatment of this cuddly little creature over the several millennia it has been a part of our lives. Yamamoto examines the role guinea pigs have today--as pets--but also looks back to less loving times when guinea pigs were put to more direct use. She discusses them as a crucial sacrificial offering to Incan gods, as the entrée in the Cusco Cathedral's painting of The Last Supper, and as a highly favored experimental subject--for which they have become the quintessential metaphor for anyone in the same unfortunate circumstance. Threading her account with examples from the guinea pig's many appearances in literature and art, Yamamoto reveals the personality and cultural importance of an animal we have always wanted to keep nearby, providing a fun and unique book for any animal lover. Published in Association with the Science Museum, London Zusammenfassung Dorothy Yamamoto’s Guinea Pig is the first in-depth account of the storied history of guinea pig and human interaction, which shows how guinea pigs have influenced humans since earliest times, including scientists such as William Harvey, and painters from Jan Brueghel to Beatrix Potter.
