Holy Dogs and Asses Animals in the Christian Tradition |
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| Author:
| Hobgood-Oster, Laura |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-03213-4 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2008 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $39.00 |
Book Description:
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Analysis of animals in the history of the Christian tradition has been exclusively symbolic, but Laura Hobgood-Oster utilizes the feminist perspective in her examination of the impact of animal presence. In challenging the metaphoric reading of animals that reinforces human superiority and dominance, Holy Dogs and Assesunderscores animal agency. ......
Analysis of animals in the history of the Christian tradition has been exclusively symbolic, but Laura Hobgood-Oster utilizes the feminist perspective in her examination of the impact of animal presence. In challenging the metaphoric reading of animals that reinforces human superiority and dominance, Holy Dogs and Assesunderscores animal agency. ......