Benedicte Boisseron

Afro-Dog

Blackness and the Animal Question

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Bà nà dicte Boisseron investigates the relationship between race and the animal in the history and culture of the Americas and the black Atlantic, exposing a hegemonic system that compulsively links and opposes blackness and animality to measure the value of life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 422g
• ISBN-13: 9780231186650
• ISBN-10: 0231186657
• Artikelnr.: 52714917

Autorenporträt

Bénédicte Boisseron

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Blackness Without Analog
1. Is the Animal the New Black?
2. Blacks and Dogs in the Americas
3. The Commensal Dog in a Creole Context
4. Dog Ownership in the Diaspora
5. The Naked Truth About Cats and Blacks
Coda
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index