Elephant slaves and pampered parrots : exotic animals in eighteenth-century Paris / Louise E. Robbins
Tipo de material: TextoSeries Animals, history, cultureDetalles de publicación: Baltimore : John Hopkins University, 2002 Descripción: XIV, 349 p. : il. ; 24 cmISBN: 0-8018-6753-3Otro título: Elephant slaves & pampered parrots [Parte del título]Tema(s): Animales salvajes -- Francia -- Paris -- 17 | París (Francia) -- Vida social y costumbres -- 17Resumen: Eighteenth-century Paris abounded with animals captured in faraway places and brought to the French capital. Louise Robbins has done a masterful job recapturing this phenomenon, bringing it to the attention of modern readers, and making sense of it. She reconstructs the diverse material, social, and cultural settings in which exotic animals played a role. At the same time, she analyzes the multiple meanings French observers derived from these animals in their midst. The reader will find here a wealth of insights regarding the ways ideas about human social relations have influenced representations of animal behavior or human-animal relations, and vice versa. This is a marvelous book, wonderfully researched and engagingly written.Tipo de ítem | Biblioteca de origen | Signatura | URL | Estado | Fecha de vencimiento | Código de barras | Reserva de ítems |
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Monografías | 06. BIBLIOTECA HUMANIDADES | 39(44)/ROB/ele (Navegar estantería(Abre debajo)) | Texto completo | Disponible Ubicación en estantería | Bibliomaps® | 3742930192 | ||
Monografías | 06. BIBLIOTECA HUMANIDADES | 39(44)/ROB/ele (Navegar estantería(Abre debajo)) | Texto completo | Disponible Ubicación en estantería | Bibliomaps® | 3742594888 |
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Eighteenth-century Paris abounded with animals captured in faraway places and brought to the French capital. Louise Robbins has done a masterful job recapturing this phenomenon, bringing it to the attention of modern readers, and making sense of it. She reconstructs the diverse material, social, and cultural settings in which exotic animals played a role. At the same time, she analyzes the multiple meanings French observers derived from these animals in their midst. The reader will find here a wealth of insights regarding the ways ideas about human social relations have influenced representations of animal behavior or human-animal relations, and vice versa. This is a marvelous book, wonderfully researched and engagingly written.
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