Gorgeous Beasts - Animal Bodies in Historical Perspective

About the author

Joan B. Landes is Walter L. and Helen Ferree Professor of Early Modern History and Women’s Studies at The Pennsylvania State University.Paula Young Lee is an independent scholar and the editor of Meat, Modernity, and the Rise of the Slaughterhouse (2008).Paul Youngquist is Professor of English at the University of Colorado.

Summary

A collection of essays examining the place of animals in history and culture and their influence on life and art, from the Renaissance to the present.

Product details

• Authors: Joan B. Landes
• Assisted by: Joan B. Landes (Editor), Paula Young Lee (Editor), Paul Youngquist (Editor)
• Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9780271054018
• ISBN: 978-0-271-05401-8
• No. of pages: 258
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 229 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 975 g
• Illustrations: 12 Halftones, color; 38 Halftones, black and white
• Series: Animalibus; Animalibus: Of Animals and Cul; Animalibus
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology