Political Animals: Representing Dogs in Modern Russian Culture
- ISBN-10
- 9401211841
- ISBN-13
- 9789401211840
- Series
- Political Animals
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 452
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-02-05
- Publisher
- Hotei Publishing
- Author
- Henrietta Mondry
Description
Focusing on the correlation between humans and dogs in traditional belief systems and cultural productions, this book shows that the dog incorporates various often-paradoxical meanings – moral, social and philosophical. This study contributes to the unfolding cultural history of human-animal relations across cultures.
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