"Poultry Science, Chicken Culture" is a collection of engrossing,
witty, and thought-provoking essays about the chicken-the familiar
domestic bird that has played an intimate part in our cultural,
scientific, social, economic, legal, and medical practices and
concerns since ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Organized as a
primer, the book reaches beyond narrow disciplines to discover why
individuals are so fascinated with the humble, funny, overlooked,
and omnipresent chicken.
Spanning fascinating and diverse fields, Susan Merrill Squier
assesses the chicken as the focus of film, photography, and visual
art in many media; details some of the roles played by chickens and
eggs in the development of embryology, biology, and regenerative
medicine; traces the iconic figure of the chicken (and the chicken
thief) in political discourse during the 2008 presidential
election; demonstrates the types of knowledge that have been lost
as food production moved from small-scale farming to industrial
agriculture; investigates the connection between women and
chickens; analyzes the fears and risks behind the panic around
avian flu; and scrutinizes the role of chicken farming in
international development. A combination of personal passion and
surprising scholarly information, "Poultry Science, Chicken
Culture" will change forever the way you think about chickens.
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