Becoming centaur : eighteenth-century masculinity and English horsemanship

• Tác giả: Monica Mattfeld
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-0271075778
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 798.20942 Horsemanship
• Thông tin xuất bản: University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2017
• Mô tả vật lý: xii, 276 pages : , illustrations ; , 24 cm.
• Bộ sưu tập: Kiến trúc, Nghệ thuật, Hội họa
• ID: 154711
• Chủ đề: 1. Horsemanship--History--18th century--England; 2. Horsemen and horsewomen--History--18th century--England; 3. Human-animal relationships--History--18th century--England; 4. Masculinity--History--18th century--England

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Tóm tắt

"Explores the history of horse-human relationships over the long eighteenth century, and how these relationships in turn influenced performances of gender. Examines the agential influence of horses in their riders' lives, horses on stage and the early circus, and the politicization of human-animal being"-- Provided by publisher.