Few, Martha (Editor)
Tortorici, Zeb (Editor)
Duke University Press
Publication date: 2013
Language: English
Physical Details: xiv + 391 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
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).
Chapter Tortorici, Zeb; Few, Martha (2013) Writing Animal Histories. In: Centering Animals in Latin American History (pp. 1-27).
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).
Chapter Few, Martha (2013) Killing Locusts in Colonial Guatemala. In: Centering Animals in Latin American History (pp. 62-92).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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