Those nonhuman beings called "animals" pose philosophical and ethical questions that go to the root not just of what we think but of who we are. Their presence

In the popular imagination, art history remains steeped in outmoded notions of tradition, material value and elitism. How can we awaken, define and orientate an

This book explores representations of animals and animality across the span of literary history, from the Middle Ages to the present.

Founded amid the urban commotion of Washington, DC, before the dawn of the twentieth century, the National Zoological Park opened to “preserve, teach, and con

This book is the first critical anthology to examine the controversial history of the zoo by focusing on its close relationship with screen media histories and