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Another Land
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Beyond Human
Beyond Human investigates what it means to call ourselves human beings in relation to both our distant past and our possible futures as a species, and the questions this might raise for our relationship with the myriad species with which we share the planet. Drawing on insights from zoology, theology, cultural studies and aesthetics, an international line-up of contributors explore such topics as our origins as reflected in early cave art in the upper Palaeolithic through to our prospects at the forefront of contemporary biotechnology. In the process, the book positions "the human" in readiness for what many have characterized as our transhuman or posthuman future. For if our status as rational animals or "animals that think" has traditionally distinguished us as apparently superior to other species, this distinction has become increasingly problematic. It has come to be seen as based on skills and technologies that do not distinguish us so much as position us as transitional animals. It is the direction and consequences of this transition that is the central concern of Beyond Human.
Basic Photography
Basic Photography provides the underpinning technical knowledge to allow you to take truly creative and original pictures. Similarly, it will act as a handy reference source for when imaginative ideas require the learning of new techniques.
The Infested Mind
Examines the unique psychological attitude of human beings toward insects, and discusses why people are scared, disgusted, or enthralled by them.
The Thing between You and Me
This text might be rendered on a screen. It could appear on paper as well. I have written it using a computer. As you are reading this text, some thing is functioning as an interface. Although I do not know exactly what this thing is, I know for certain that there is some thing here, slipping your mind as you read this text. This knowledge and this slipping away is the subject of this book. This research project questioned the sustaining support of digital objects: It aimed to challenge the habitualisation towards digital devices, the forgetting of the physical interface that leads to the supposition of digital immateriality. By handling computers as absurd things that escape language, the author sought to position himself among these strange and aloof digital entities and their effects.
Travel and Drugs in Twentieth-Century Literature
This book examines the connections between two disparate yet persistently bound thematics -- mobility and intoxication -- and explores their central yet frequently misunderstood role in constructing subjectivity following the 1960s. Emerging from profound mid-twentieth-century changes in how drugs and travel were imagined, the conceptual nexus discussed sheds new light on British and North American responses to sixties counterculture. With readings of Aldous Huxley, William Burroughs, Alex Garland, Hunter S. Thompson, and Robert Sedlack, Banco traces twin arguments, looking at the ways travel is imagined as a disciplinary force acting upon the creative, destabilizing powers of psychedelic in...
Encyclopedia of Contemporary British Culture
Boasting more than 970 alphabetically-arranged entries, the Encyclopedia of Contemporary British Culture surveys British cultural practices and icons in the latter half of the twentieth century. It examines high and popular culture and encompasses both institutional and alternative aspects of British culture. It provides insight into the whole spectrum of British contemporary life. Topics covered include: architecture, pubs, film, internet and current takes on the monarchy. Cross-referencing and a thematic contents list enable readers to identify related articles. The entries range from short biographical synopses to longer overview essays on key issues. This Encyclopedia is essential reading for anyone interested in British culture. It also provides a cultural context for students of English, Modern History and Comparative European Studies.
Mimesis, Mimikry, Mimese
Das vorliegende Heft untersucht, wie Tiere in das Feld, das durch die Begriffe Mimesis, Mimikry und Mimese markiert wird, eingeschrieben sind. Die tierliche und die menschliche Geschichte der Mimesis, Mimikry und Mimese sind in vielfältiger Weise miteinander verwoben. Und tierliche wie menschliche Mimesis sind konzeptionell, materiell, motivisch, stilistisch, metaphorisch, rhetorisch, performativ oder partizipativ miteinander verknüpft. Mit Hilfe von Texten zu den theoretischen Grundlagen der Mimesis-Forschung, konkreten Fallbeispielen aus den Kulturwissenschaften und künstlerischen Beiträgen werden in diesem Band von Tierstudien unterschiedliche Umgangsweisen mit diesen Phänomenen gena...
Love, Labour & Loss
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Animals, Anthropomorphism and Mediated Encounters
This book critically investigates the pervasiveness of anthropomorphised animals in popular culture. Anthropomorphism in popular visual media has long been denounced for being unsophisticated or emotionally manipulative. It is often criticised for over-expressing similarities between humans and other animals. This book focuses on everyday encounters with visual representations of anthropomorphised animals and considers how attributing other animals with humanlike qualities speaks to a complex set of power relations. Through a series of case studies, it explores how anthropomorphism is produced and circulated and proposes that it can serve to create both misunderstandings and empathetic connections between humans and other animals. This book will appeal to academics and students interested in visual media, animal studies, sociology and cultural studies.
