Snakes in American Culture - A Hisstory

The literature on snakes is manifold but overwhelmingly centered on the natural sciences. Little has been published about them in the fields of popular culture or the history of medicine.
Focusing primarily on American culture and history from the 1800s, this study draws on a wide range of sources--including newspaper archives, medical journals, and archives from the Smithsonian Institute--to examine the complex relationship between snakes and humans.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface: Dangerous Neighbors by Jesse C. Donahue

1.¿Bitten: Poor Americans and Snakes

2.¿Cures: The Strange and Often Painful Treatment for Snakebite Before American Antivenin

3.¿Antivenin: Bringing the Real Cure to the United States

4.¿On Stage: Traveling Acts, Circuses and Zoos

5.¿On Screen: Snakes in the Movies, Reality Television and Documentaries

6.¿In Jesus' Name: Holiness and the Handling of Serpents

Conclusion: Has Anything Changed?

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the author

Jesse C. Donahue is a professor of political science at Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan.Conor Shaw-Draves is an assistant professor of English at Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan.

Product details

• Authors: Jesse C. Donahue, Conor Shaw-Draves
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.02.2019
• EAN: 9781476662657
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-6265-7
• No. of pages: 228
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 299 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Cultural Studies, HISTORY / United States / General, NATURE / Animals / Reptiles & Amphibians, United States of America, USA, Reptiles, Zoology: amphibians and reptiles (herpetology), Reptiles and amphibians as pets, Reptiles & amphibians as pets