ISBN:
9780821424698
,
9780821424766
Language:
English
Pages:
xviii, 322 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
New African histories
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Aderinto, Saheed Animality and Colonial Subjecthood in Africa
DDC:
966.903
Keywords:
Animals Colonial influence
;
Animals Social aspects
;
History
;
Human-animal relationships History
;
Nigeria Colonial influence
;
Nigeria Politics and government To 1960
;
Nigeria
;
Kolonialismus
;
Mensch
;
Tiere
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
Part 1: Loyal Companions, Tasty Food, Distinguished Athletes, Political Beings --A Meaty Colony: Nigerians and the Animals They Ate --The Living Machines of Imperialism: Animal Aesthetics, Imperial Spectacle, and the Political Economy of the Horse and Donkey --"Dogs Are the Most Useful Animals": A Canine History of Colonial Nigeria --"The Nigerian Political Zoo": Animal Art, Modernism, and the Visual Narrative of Nation-Building --Part 2: Pathology, Empathy, Anxiety --"Beware of Dogs": Rabies and the Elastic Geographies of Fear --The Lion King in the Cage: Nature, Wildlife Conservation, and the Modern Zoo --"Let Us Be Kind to Our Dumb Friends": Animal Cruelty in the Discourse of Colonial Modernity --"A Great Evil Ritual Murder": The Save-the-Nigerian-Horse-and-Donkey Campaign.
Abstract:
"From debates over the aesthetics of birds in the urban landscape to how horse racing enhanced imperial power to the ways in which water navigation impacts aquatic creatures, Saheed Aderinto argues that it is impossible to comprehend the full extent of imperial domination without considering the colonial subjecthood of animals"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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