Abstract
This chapter uses thing theory to explore the uses of two animal things common in Renaissane culture: leather and civet. It argues that, even as the animal is dismembered and its parts used in the manufacture of commodities - gloves, perfume - those objects have a power to change the world in which they are used: that animal things are not inert, and are not simply evidence of human dominion, but are themselves active presences in culture.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Gorgeous Beasts |
Subtitle of host publication | Animal Bodies in Historical Perspective |
Editors | Joan B. Landes, Paula Young Lee, Paul Youngquist |
Place of Publication | Philadelphia |
Pages | 41-56 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Publication status | Published - 28 Sept 2012 |
Keywords
- animal
- thing theory
- renaissance
- Shakespeare