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Cormorant: A Cultural History of Greed and Prejudice

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Typ okładki:twarda okładka

EAN: 9781009652988

Opis

How does prejudice grow and mutate? What does intolerance, when transferred from human beings onto animals, do to those creatures? And what, in return, does it do to us? Cormorant is the gripping story of a 'greedy' bird hated across the world, the object of global conflict between the fishing industry on the one hand and environmental science on the other. Gordon McMullan's book reveals that cormorants have been loathed for centuries, a detestation that has metamorphosed over time. Drawing on fields which include literature, art history and zoology, and ranging from America to China and from Britain to Peru, Cormorant explores racism, xenophobia and capitalism through the remarkable story of a bird. McMullan argues that if in the present we are to recognize prejudicial attitudes towards animals and our fellow human beings, then we need to look to the past to understand how those viewpoints have taken hold.

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Liczba stron: 450

Wymiary: 14.8x22.2

Typ okładki:twarda okładka

Wydawca: Cambridge University Press

Autor:

Gordon McMullan

Tytuł:Cormorant: A Cultural History of Greed and Prejudice

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Książki obcojęzyczne / angielskie / Art and Photography

EAN: 9781009652988

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