The animal-human boundary : historical perspectives / edited by Angela N.H. Creager and William Chester Jordan ; [contributors, Piers Beirne and others].

Other author Creager, Angela N. H.
Other author Jordan, William Chester, 1948-
Format Book
Publication InfoRochester, N.Y. : University of Rochester Press, ©2002.
Descriptionxviii, 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Animals and civilization.
Animals--Symbolic aspects.
Bestiality.

SeriesStudies in comparative history ; 2
Studies in comparative history ; 2. ^A691468
Contents Eating animals in the early Middle Ages / Rob Meens -- Representation of medieval peasants as bestial and as human / Paul H. Freedman -- Separating the men from the goats / Ruth Mazo Karras -- Imagining vermin in early Modern England / Mary E. Fissell -- "Things fearful to name" / John M. Murrin -- Guardian spirits or demonic pets / James A. Serpell -- On the sexual assault of animals / Piers Beirne -- Familiar other and feral selves / H. Peter Steeves -- Founders of ethology and the problem of human aggression / Richard W. Burkhardt Jr. -- Animal parts, human bodies / Susan E. Lederer.
General note"A publication of the Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies, Princeton University."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2002072458
ISBN1580461204 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks QL85 .A5143 2002 ✔ Available Place Hold