Consumable Metaphors
By:Ceri Crossley
Published on 2005 by Peter Lang
This book studies the various definitions of animal nature proposed by nineteenth-century currents of thought in France. It is based on an examination of a number of key thinkers and writers, some well known (for example, Michelet and Lamartine), others largely forgotten (for example, Gleizes and Reynaud). At the centre of the book lies the idea that knowledge of animals is often knowledge of something else, that the primary referentiality is overlaid with additional levels of meaning. In nineteenth-century France thinking about animals (their future and their past) became a way of thinking about power relations in society, for example about the status of women and the problem of the labouring classes. This book analyses how animals as symbols externalize and mythologize human fears and wishes, but it also demonstrates that animals have an existence in and for themselves and are not simply useful counters functioning within discourse.
This Book was ranked at 20 by Google Books for keyword women.
Book ID of Consumable Metaphors's Books is mkhcO5RbnywC, Book which was written byCeri Crossleyhave ETAG "POAerm80vYU"
Book which was published by Peter Lang since 2005 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is 9783039101900 and ISBN 10 Code is 3039101900
Reading Mode in Text Status is false and Reading Mode in Image Status is true
Book which have "322 Pages" is Printed at BOOK under CategoryLiterary Criticism
This Book was rated by Raters and have average rate at ""
This eBook Maturity (Adult Book) status is NOT_MATURE
Book was written in en
eBook Version Availability Status at PDF is falseand in ePub is false