Beasts and Beauties
Author | : Juliana Schiesari |
Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 2010-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780802099228 |
ISBN-13 | : 080209922X |
Rating | : 4/5 (22X Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Beasts and Beauties by : Juliana Schiesari
Download or read book Beasts and Beauties written by Juliana Schiesari and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beasts and Beauties examines the relationship between domesticity and power by focusing on the contemporaneous development of the invention of the 'pet' and the delineation of the home as a uniquely private enclosure, where the pater familias ruled over his own secluded world of domesticated wife, children, servants, and animals.