Kissing Cousins : A New Kinship Bestiary
Frances. Bartkowski
Bok Engelsk 2008 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | New York : : Columbia University Press, , 2008.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (221 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Acknowledgments; PROLOGUE: Remember the 2,000 Year-Old Man?; PART I; 1. Kissing Cousins; 2. Forget the Alamo. . .; 3. The Newly Born Century; 4. Sisters of the Bone; PART II; 5. Apes 'R Us; 6. When Apes Rule; 7. Again, a Declaration of Rights; 8. From Cage to Caves; 9. Trees of Origin; 10. Bonobos in Our Midst; PART III; 11. Kintimacy - Blood Brothers; 12. Of Pigs and Men; 13. Mendel's Nephew; 14. Of Love and Law; EPILOGUE: Here Come the Cavemen; Works Cited; Works Consulted; Index. - Since DNA has replaced blood as the medium through which we establish kinship, how do we determine with whom we are kin? Who counts among those we care for? The distinction between these categories is constantly in flux. How do we come to decide those we may kiss and those we may kill?Focusing on narratives of kinship as they are defined in contemporary film, literature, and news media, Frances Bartkowski discusses the impact of ""stories of origin"" on our regard for nonhuman species. She locates the role of ""totems and taboos"" in forming and re-forming kinship categories-gro
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| Emner | Familial behavior in animals.
Human-animal relationships in literature. Human-animal relationships in motion pictures. Human-animal relationships. Vis mer... Kinship.
Anthropology Social & Cultural Anthropology Social Sciences slektskap dna opprinnelse blodsbånd media etikk endring kjønn |
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| ISBN | 9780231144520
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