Dogopolis : how dogs and humans made modern New York, London, and Paris

Auteur(s) :

Pearson, Chris (1979-....) Découvrir l'auteur

Résumé

In this sophisticated, accessible, and invaluable work, Pearson (Univ. of Liverpool, UK) explores the transformation of dog and human lives in modern Western urban spaces. Comparing the “globally significant metropolises” (p. 2) of London, New York, and Paris from the 19th century to the 1930s, Pearson points to the experiences and emotions negotiated in the creation of “dogopolis”: a city of dogs with defined roles, discrete lives, distinct boundaries, and unique relationships to human counterparts. This is a history of growing intimacy and of discipline and killing on an enormous scale. Pearson considers behaviors—straying, biting, suffering, thinking, and defecating—and the ensuing human emotional responses in eponymous chapters. Chapter 5 (“Defecating”) is a scholarly triumph, showing that only after these cities had done much to remove animals, waste, and dirt from their streets did a once insignificant nuisance—to use a contemporary nicety for dog shit—become a grave concern. Importantly, Pearson knows dogopolis was “a provincial rather than a universal manifestation of human-canine relatedness” (p. 5). Specialists will relish almost 50 pages of notes and a welcome methodological essay on animals, history, and emotions. Suitable for courses on modern urban history.

Éditeur(s)
- The University of Chicago Press
Date
- 2021
Langues
- Anglais
Description matérielle
- 1 vol. (259 p.) : ill., couv. ill. ; 23 cm
Collections
- Animal lives
Autre(s) édition(s)
- Dogopolis :
Sujet(s)
Epoque
- 20e siècle
- 19e siècle
ISBN
- 978-0-226-79699-4 ;
- 0-226-79699-X ;
- 978-0-226-79816-5 ;
- 0-226-79816-X
Indice
- 913.351 Les usagers de la ville
Origine de la notice:
- Abes ;
- ICU/DLC ;
- DLC ;
- OCLCO ;
- BPI