Animalities: Literary and Cultural Studies Beyond the Human

New and cutting-edge work in animality studies, human-animal studies, and posthumanism 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 about how contemporary writers, artists, and filmmakers help us think about animals and humans as animals. The volume raises further questions about disciplinarity and inspires further work beyond the human in future interdisciplinary scholarship.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 96 pages
Publication date: 30 November 2018
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

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 cons.
New and cutting-edge work in animality studies, human-animal studies, and posthumanism is explored in this pioneering volume, which examines the critical interface between animal and animality studies in relation to twentieth-century literature and film. The range of texts considered is intentionally broad, addressing questions such as how contemporary writers such as Amitav Ghosh, Terry Tempest Williams, and Indra Sinha help us to think about animals and humans as animals, and what kinds of creatures are being constructed by contemporary artists such as Patricia Piccinini, Alexis Rockman, and Michael Pestel. 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 English
New 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 explore
Broad introduction to the kinds of questions scholars in the humanities have considered
New and cutting-edge work in animality studies, human-animal studies, and posthumanism is explored in this pioneering volume, which examines the critical interface between animal and animality studies in relation to twentieth-century literature and film. The range of texts considered is intentionally broad, addressing questions such as how contemporary writers such as Amitav Ghosh, Terry Tempest Williams, and Indra Sinha help us to think about animals and humans as animals, and what kinds of creatures are being constructed by contemporary artists such as Patricia Piccinini, Alexis Rockman, and Michael Pestel. 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 English
New 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 explore
Broad introduction to the kinds of questions scholars in the humanities have considered

Weight: 412g
Dimension: 156 x 233 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781474441292