Performing Animals: History, Agency, Theater
Notes
In exploring the human-animal relationship from the early modern period to the nineteenth century, this publication questions what it means for an animal to “perform,” examines how conceptions of this relationship have evolved over time, and explores whether and how human understanding of performance is changed by an animal’s presence.
| Editor | Karen Raber, Monica Mattfeld |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Pennsylvania State University Press |
| ISBN | 978-0271078342 |
| Reference | P3704 |
| Date | 2017 |
| Type | Publication |
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