Book ID: CBB001422387

Centering Animals in Latin American History (2013)

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Few, Martha (Editor)
Tortorici, Zeb (Editor)


Duke University Press


Publication Date: 2013
Physical Details: xiv + 391 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Centering Animals in Latin American History writes animals back into the history of colonial and postcolonial Latin America. This collection reveals how interactions between humans and other animals have significantly shaped narratives of Latin American histories and cultures. The contributors work through the methodological implications of centering animals within historical narratives, seeking to include nonhuman animals as social actors in the histories of Mexico, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Chile, Brazil, Peru, and Argentina. The essays discuss topics ranging from canine baptisms, weddings, and funerals in Bourbon Mexico to imported monkeys used in medical experimentation in Puerto Rico. Some contributors examine the role of animals in colonization efforts. Others explore the relationship between animals, medicine, and health. Finally, essays on the postcolonial period focus on the politics of hunting, the commodification of animals and animal parts, the protection of animals and the environment, and political symbolism.

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Review Klubock, Thomas (2015) Review of "Centering Animals in Latin American History". Environmental History (pp. 544-547). unapi

Includes Chapters

Chapter Tortorici, Zeb; Few, Martha (2013) Writing Animal Histories. In: Centering Animals in Latin American History (pp. 1-27). unapi

Chapter García Garagarza, León (2013) The Year the People Turned into Cattle: The End of the World in New Spain, 1558. In: Centering Animals in Latin American History (pp. 31-61). unapi

Chapter Few, Martha (2013) Killing Locusts in Colonial Guatemala. In: Centering Animals in Latin American History (pp. 62-92). unapi

Chapter Tortorici, Zeb (2013) “In the Name of the Father and the Mother of All Dogs”: Canine Baptisms, Weddings, and Funerals in Bourbon Mexico. In: Centering Animals in Latin American History (pp. 93-119). unapi

Chapter Warren, Adam (2013) From Natural History to Popular Remedy: Animals and Their Medicinal Applications among the Kallawaya in Colonial Peru. In: Centering Animals in Latin American History (pp. 123-148). unapi

Chapter McCrea, Heather (2013) Pest to Vector: Disease, Public Health, and the Challenges of State-Building in Yucatán, Mexico, 1833--1922. In: Centering Animals in Latin American History (pp. 149-179). unapi

Chapter Ahuja, Neel (2013) Notes on Medicine, Culture, and the History of Imported Monkeys in Puerto Rico. In: Centering Animals in Latin American History (pp. 180-205). unapi

Chapter Monzote, Reinaldo Funes (2013) Animal Labor and Protection in Cuba: Changes in Relationships with Animals in the Nineteenth Century. In: Centering Animals in Latin American History (pp. 209-242). unapi

Chapter Soluri, John (2013) On Edge: Fur Seals and Hunters along the Patagonian Littoral, 1860--1930. In: Centering Animals in Latin American History (pp. 243-269). unapi

Chapter Duarte, Regina Horta (2013) Birds and Scientists in Brazil: In Search of Protection, 1894--1938. In: Centering Animals in Latin American History (pp. 270-301). unapi

Chapter Derby, Lauren (2013) Trujillo, the Goat: Of Beasts, Men and Politics in the Dominican Republic. In: Centering Animals in Latin American History (pp. 302-328). unapi

Chapter Whitehead, Neil L. (2013) Conclusion: Loving, Being, and Killing Animals: An Afterword on “Centering Animals”. In: Centering Animals in Latin American History (pp. 329-345). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Heer, Esther Schmid
Äikäs, Tiina
Vasko, Timothy Bowers
Cristina Brito
Rotelli, Federica
Klein, Nikolaus
Concepts
Colonialism
Indigenous peoples; indigeneity
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Spain, colonies
Animals
Natural history
Time Periods
Early modern
Modern
17th century
16th century
18th century
19th century
Places
South America
Latin America
Brazil
Peru
Europe
India
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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