UID:
almahu_9949959375802882
Umfang:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781040157565
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1040157564
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9781003055877
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1003055877
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9781040157497
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1040157491
Serie:
Routledge history handbooks
Inhalt:
Animals have recently become recognized as significant agents of history as part of the animal turn' in historical studies. Animals in Byzantium were human companions, a source of entertainment and food - it is small wonder that they made their way into literature and the visual arts. Moreover, humans defined themselves and their activities by referring to non-human animals, either by anthropomorphizing animals (as in the case of the Cat-Mice War) or by animalizing humans and their (un)wanted behaviours. The Routledge Handbook of Human-Animal Relations in the Byzantine Worldoffers an in-depth survey of the relationships between humans and non-human animals in the Byzantine Empire. The contributions included in the volume address both material (zooarchaeology, animals as food, visual representations of animals) and immaterial (semiotics, philosophy) aspects of human-animal coexistence inchapters written by leading experts in their field. This book will appeal to students and scholars alike researching Byzantine social and cultural history, as well as those interested in the history of animals. This book marks an important step in the development of animal studies in Byzantium, filling a gap in the wider research on the history ofhuman-animal relations in the Middle Ages.
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: ISBN 036751964X
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780367519643
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.4324/9781003055877
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003055877
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