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Alvar Ezquerra
Amor Perro
Animal Abuse
Animal Exemplum
Animal Human Divide
animal humanities
Animal Studies
animal studies in Iberian art and literature
Author_John Beusterien
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dialogue
dog
Dog Dialogue
Dog's Body
Dog’s Body
Dominique Lestel
don
Don Quijote
early
Early Modern
early modern identity
Early Modern Spain
El Chivo
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Homo Homini Lupus
human animal relations
hunting
La Sombra
large
Las Meninas
Livre De Chasse
Medium Sized Dog
modern
Philip IV
quijote
small
Small Dog
spanish
Spanish Dog
Spanish Language
Spanish literature analysis
species boundary theory
Su Amigo
Superb
Vice Versa
visual culture studies
Product details
- ISBN 9781138271906
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Nov 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The study of the creation of canine breeds in early modern Europe, especially Spain, illustrates the different constructs against which notions of human identity were forged. This book is the first comprehensive history of early modern Spanish dogs and it evaluates how two of Spain’s most celebrated and canonical cultural figures of this period, the artist Diego Velázquez and the author Miguel de Cervantes, radically question humankind’s sixteenth-century anthropocentric self-fashioning. In general, this study illuminates how Animal Studies can offer new perspectives to understanding Hispanism, giving readers a fresh approach to the historical, literary and artistic complexity of early modern Spain.
John Beusterien is Associate Professor of Spanish and Director Comparative Literature Program in the Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures at Texas Tech University, USA.
