The Cultural Lives of Greyhounds
John Stokes
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The Cultural Lives of Greyhounds

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This book aims to enhance our intellectual understanding of the relationship between human beings and domestic animals, with a focus on a specific breed of dog: the greyhound. It combines literary criticism, cultural history and the rapidly expanding field of human/animal studies by tracing the creative representation of the greyhound, from the earliest references in classical myth to multiple appearances in contemporary literature, performance and the fine arts. Each representation-whether of hunter or racer, of pet or predator-is treated not simply as a stage in some inevitable humanitarian ...