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Beastly Possessions - Animals in Victorian Consumer Culture (Hardcover)
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Beastly Possessions - Animals in Victorian Consumer Culture (Hardcover)
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In Beastly Possessions, Sarah Amato chronicles the unusual ways in
which Victorians of every social class brought animals into their
daily lives. Captured, bred, exhibited, collected, and sold,
ordinary pets and exotic creatures - as well as their
representations - became commodities within Victorian Britain's
flourishing consumer culture. As a pet, an animal could be a
companion, a living parlour decoration, and proof of a household's
social and moral status. In the zoo, it could become a public pet,
an object of curiosity, a symbol of empire, or even a consumer
mascot. Either kind of animal might be painted, photographed, or
stuffed as a taxidermic specimen. Using evidence ranging from
pet-keeping manuals and scientific treatises to novels, guidebooks,
and ephemera, this fascinating, well-illustrated study opens a
window into an underexplored aspect of life in Victorian Britain.
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