At the borders of the human : beasts, bodies and natural philosophy in the early modern period
Fudge, Erica (1999) At the borders of the human : beasts, bodies and natural philosophy in the early modern period. MacMillan/St Martin's Press, Basingstoke/New York. ISBN 9780333721865
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What is, what was the human? This book argues that the development of Renaissance technologies of difference such as mapping, colonialism and anatomy apparently established boundaries between the human and its others, but paradoxically, also illuminated the similarities between human and non-human. This collection considers the borders between humans and their imagined others: animals, women, native subjects, machines. It examines border creatures (hermaphrodites, wildmen and cyborgs) and border practices (science, surveying and pornography). Essays focus on literary, cultural and scientific texts from the mid-sixteenth century to the late-eighteenth century.
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Fudge, Erica ![]() | Item type: | Book |
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ID code: | 29504 |
Keywords: | human, beasts, natural philosophy, English literature |
Subjects: | Language and Literature > English literature |
Department: | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Humanities > English |
Depositing user: | Pure Administrator |
Date deposited: | 25 Jul 2011 14:29 |
Last modified: | 06 Nov 2020 06:51 |
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URI: | https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/29504 |
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