Snake

Informationen zum Autor Drake Stutesman is an adjunct professor at New York University. She edits the cinema and media journal, Framework, and is the author of Snake (Reaktion Books, 2005) and co-editor of Film, Fashion and the 1960s (2017). Zusammenfassung The snake’s primordial system, functioning for well over one hundred million years, is a marvel of genetic engineering. This book explores the animal’s natural history, and the widespread snake symbolism, from Eve's serpent in the Bible, to Kaa in The Jungle Book; from the Chinese zodiac to Indian snake charmers and the film Anaconda.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Drake Stutesman, Stutesman Drake
• Edition: Reaktion Books
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.05.2005
• EAN: 9781861892393
• ISBN: 978-1-86189-239-3
• Pages: 216
• Thèmes: Animal Series; Animal S.; Animal Series; Animal
• Catégories: Reptiles, Zoology: amphibians and reptiles (herpetology)