Description
New and cutting-edge work in animality studies, human-animal studies, and posthumanism Representations of animality continue to proliferate in various kinds of literary and cultural texts. This pioneering volume explores the critical interface between animal and animality studies, marking out the terrain in relation to twentieth-century literature and film. The range of texts considered here is intentionally broad, answering questions like, how do contemporary writers such as Amitav Ghosh, Terry Tempest Williams, and Indra Sinha help us to think about not only animals but also humans as animals? What kinds of creatures are being constructed by contemporary artists such as Patricia Piccinini, Alexis Rockman, and Michael Pestel? How do 'animalities' animate such diverse texts as the poetry of two women publishing under the name of 'Michael Field', or an early film by Thomas Edison depicting the electrocution of a circus elephant named Topsy? Connecting these issues to fields as diverse as environmental studies and ecocriticism, queer theory, gender studies, feminist theory, illness and disability studies, postcolonial theory, and biopolitics, the volume also raises further questions about disciplinarity itself, while hoping to inspire further work 'beyond the human' in future interdisciplinary scholarship. Key Features 10 provocative case studies focused on representations and discourses of animals and animality in twentieth- and twenty-first-century literature, art, and film in EnglishNew work from both internationally renowned and emerging figures in the burgeoning fields of animality studies, human-animal studies, and posthumanism, suggesting innovative and significant new directions to exploreBroad introduction to the kinds of questions scholars in the humanities have considered in relation to animals and animality
11 provocative case studies focused on representations and discourses of animals and animality since the 19th century in literature and film in English. New work from both internationally renowned and emerging figures in the burgeoning fields of animal and animality studies, suggesting provocative and innovative directions to explore. Broad introduction to the kinds of questions scholars in the humanities have considered in relation to animals and animality. Wide range of literary and filmic texts, situated in various historical and cultural contexts, providing examples of how future work could be expanded into additional historical periods and national literatures.
About the Author
Michael Lundblad is Professor of American Literature in the Department of Literature, Area Studies, and European Languages at the University of Oslo. He is the author of The Birth of a Jungle: Animality in Progressive-Era U.S. Literature and Culture (Oxford University Press, 2013), and the co-editor, with Marianne DeKoven, of Species Matters: Humane Advocacy and Cultural Theory (Columbia University Press, 2012).
Reviews
[The] expansiveness is one of the collection's great strengths and testifies to the fact that animal studies, like ecocriticism, its close cousin, has moved far beyond the confines of Anglo-American thought. -- Raymond Malewitz, Oregon State University * ALH Online Review, Series XV *
'Expansiveness is one of the collection's great strengths and testifies to the fact that animal studies, like ecocriticism, its close cousin, has moved far beyond the confines of Anglo-American thought' -- Raymond Malewitz * ALH Online Review, Series XV 1 *
Michael Lundblad's edited collection, Animalities, is a timely intervention in literary and cultural criticism...An emphasis on singularity and multiplicity resounds throughout the volume, just as it combines concern about the future with echoes of a long-distant past. -- Harriet Newnes, Lancaster University * The British Society for Literature and Science *
a timely intervention in literary and cultural criticism. -- Harriet Newnes, Lancaster University * The British Society for Literature and Science *
Lundblad's latest collection makes a provocative case for declaring an end to animal studies by turning critical attention to animalities, revealing how their properties and functions inform modern and contemporary representations of humans and other animals. -- Susan McHugh, University of New England
The anthology provides an exciting and ambitious collection of essays, exploring the politically and scholarly hot topic of animality and its role in understanding societal and environmental change, from a wide range of perspectives. -- Tora Holmberg, Uppsala University
Book Information
ISBN 9781474400022
Author Michael Lundblad
Format Hardback
Page Count 256
Imprint Edinburgh University Press
Publisher Edinburgh University Press
Weight(grams) 529g
11 provocative case studies focused on representations and discourses of animals and animality since the 19th century in literature and film in English. New work from both internationally renowned and emerging figures in the burgeoning fields of animal and animality studies, suggesting provocative and innovative directions to explore. Broad introduction to the kinds of questions scholars in the humanities have considered in relation to animals and animality. Wide range of literary and filmic texts, situated in various historical and cultural contexts, providing examples of how future work could be expanded into additional historical periods and national literatures.
About the Author
Michael Lundblad is Professor of American Literature in the Department of Literature, Area Studies, and European Languages at the University of Oslo. He is the author of The Birth of a Jungle: Animality in Progressive-Era U.S. Literature and Culture (Oxford University Press, 2013), and the co-editor, with Marianne DeKoven, of Species Matters: Humane Advocacy and Cultural Theory (Columbia University Press, 2012).
Reviews
[The] expansiveness is one of the collection's great strengths and testifies to the fact that animal studies, like ecocriticism, its close cousin, has moved far beyond the confines of Anglo-American thought. -- Raymond Malewitz, Oregon State University * ALH Online Review, Series XV *
'Expansiveness is one of the collection's great strengths and testifies to the fact that animal studies, like ecocriticism, its close cousin, has moved far beyond the confines of Anglo-American thought' -- Raymond Malewitz * ALH Online Review, Series XV 1 *
Michael Lundblad's edited collection, Animalities, is a timely intervention in literary and cultural criticism...An emphasis on singularity and multiplicity resounds throughout the volume, just as it combines concern about the future with echoes of a long-distant past. -- Harriet Newnes, Lancaster University * The British Society for Literature and Science *
a timely intervention in literary and cultural criticism. -- Harriet Newnes, Lancaster University * The British Society for Literature and Science *
Lundblad's latest collection makes a provocative case for declaring an end to animal studies by turning critical attention to animalities, revealing how their properties and functions inform modern and contemporary representations of humans and other animals. -- Susan McHugh, University of New England
The anthology provides an exciting and ambitious collection of essays, exploring the politically and scholarly hot topic of animality and its role in understanding societal and environmental change, from a wide range of perspectives. -- Tora Holmberg, Uppsala University
Book Information
ISBN 9781474400022
Author Michael Lundblad
Format Hardback
Page Count 256
Imprint Edinburgh University Press
Publisher Edinburgh University Press
Weight(grams) 529g
