A New Zealand book of beasts : animals in our culture, history and everyday life / Annie Potts, Philip Armstrong, Deidre Brown.
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TextPublisher: Auckland : Auckland University Press, 2013Copyright date: © 2013Description: 288 pages, 22 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781869407728
- 306.0993 23
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Part One: Animal icons / Philip Armstrong -- 1. Moa Ghosts -- 2. Sheepishness -- 3. Opo's children -- 4. The whale road -- Part Two: Companion animals / Annie Potts -- 5. Ngā Mōkai -- 6. Exotic Familiars -- 7. Extended families -- Part Three: Art animals / Deidre Brown -- 8. Indigenous art animals -- 9. Contemporary art animals -- Part four: Controversial animals / Annie Potts -- 10. Kiwis against possums -- 11. Consuming animals.
"A New Zealand Book of Beasts is a groundbreaking examination of the interactions between humans and 'nonhuman animals' - both real and imagined- in New Zealand's arts and literature, popular culture, historiography, media and everyday life."--Publisher's website.
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