Monica Flegel

Pets and Domesticity in Victorian Literature and Culture

Animality, Queer Relations, and the Victorian Family

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines how the domestic pet delineates relations for members of the "natural" family home in Victorian literature, exploring the pet in relation to heads of the house, children, and common "outcasts:" orphan, spinster, bachelor, and same-sex couple. Drawing on animal studies and queer theory, it shows how the pet elucidates normative

Produktdetails

• Routledge Studies in Nineteenth Century Literature
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 330g
• ISBN-13: 9780367871734
• ISBN-10: 0367871734
• Artikelnr.: 58482676

Autorenporträt

Monica Flegel is Associate Professor of English at Lakehead University, Canada

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Animals in the Family: Pet Relations in Victorian Literature and Culture 1. Love Me
Love my Dog: The Role of the Pet in Rituals of Courtship
Domesticity
and Parenthood 2. Becoming Crazy Cat Lady: Women and their Pets in the Domestic Circle 3. Pets and Patriarchy: Bachelors
Villains
and their Animal Companions 4. Household Pets
Waifs and Strays: Children and Animals Inside and Outside the Victorian Home Conclusion: Animals and their Families