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Performing Animals - History, Agency, Theater (Hardcover)
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Performing Animals - History, Agency, Theater (Hardcover)
Series: Animalibus
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From bears on the Renaissance stage to the equine pageantry of the
nineteenth-century hunt, animals have been used in
human-orchestrated entertainments throughout history. The essays in
this volume present an array of case studies that inspire new ways
of interpreting animal performance and the role of animal agency in
the performing relationship. In exploring the human-animal
relationship from the early modern period to the nineteenth
century, Performing Animals questions what it means for an animal
to “perform,” examines how conceptions of this relationship
have evolved over time, and explores whether and how human
understanding of performance is changed by an animal’s presence.
The contributors discuss the role of animals in venues as varied as
medieval plays, natural histories, dissections, and banquets, and
they raise provocative questions about animals’ agency. In so
doing, they demonstrate the innovative potential of thinking beyond
the boundaries of the present in order to dismantle the barriers
that have traditionally divided human from animal. From fleas to
warhorses to animals that “perform” even after death, this
delightfully varied volume brings together examples of animals made
to “act” in ways that challenge obvious notions of performance.
The result is an eye-opening exploration of human-animal
relationships and identity that will appeal greatly to scholars and
students of animal studies, performance studies, and posthuman
studies. In addition to the editors, the contributors are Todd
Andrew Borlik, Pia F. Cuneo, Kim Marra, Richard Nash, Sarah E.
Parker, Rob Wakeman, Kari Weil, and Jessica Wolfe.
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