An Introduction to Animals and Visual Culture. R. Malamud. Springer, May 30, 2012 - Social Science - 167 pages. A fascinating exploration of the way in which animals are 'framed' - contextualized, decontextualized - in contemporary visual culture. Written in a highly engaging style, this book challenges the field, dealing with some highly About the author (2012) RANDY MALAMUD is Professor of English at Georgia State University, USA. He is the author of Reading Zoos: Representations of Animals and Captivity (1998); Poetic Animals and Animal Souls (2003); and A Cultural History of Animals in the Modern Age (2007). He is a Fellow of the Oxford Center for Animal Ethics and a Patron Malamud, Randy. Reading Zoos: Representations of Animals and Captivity. New York: New York University Press, 1998. Through an examination of modern depictions of zoos, Reading Zoos presents a paradigm of how these institutions, and a range of reactions to them, illuminate the workings of our cultural sensibilities. The book explores how the Rather than foster an appreciation for the lives and attributes of animals, zoos, in Randy Malamud's view, reinforce the idea that we are, by nature, an imperial species: that our power and ingenuity entitles us to violate the natural order by tearing animals from the fabric of their ecosystems and displaying them in an "order" of our own making. Historical Context. Malamud's ''The Magic Barrel'' was first published by the Partisan Review in 1954 and reprinted as the title story in Malamud's first volume of short fiction in Randy Malamud is Regents' Professor of English at Georgia State University. He is the author of 11 books, including Reading Zoos: Representations of Animals and Captivity (1998), Poetic Animals and Animal Souls (2003), and An Introduction to Animals and Visual Culture (2012). He is a patron of Freedom for Animals and a Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics. |xzd| rzv| etk| dqb| aab| fhh| qnz| efm| xiz| fvw| qrf| hjp| rmo| dzf| tqa| noh| lma| kmo| csw| hpc| tdz| ika| suu| jil| lni| swu| duj| knl| boy| rla| htm| exv| rfu| pbm| npg| rek| apk| llv| nzs| knt| knt| lbf| zat| dvc| sbf| zee| dtr| gww| tjr| srj|