Minding Animals in the Old and New Worlds: A Cognitive Historical Analysis
Author:   Steven Wagschal
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
ISBN:  

9781487503321


Pages:   277
Publication Date:   16 October 2018
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Steven Wagschal
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.660kg
ISBN:  

9781487503321


ISBN 10:   1487503326
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   16 October 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Minding Animals with Anthropomorphism Deploying The Animal in Medieval Miracles, Bestiaries and Fables Exploiting The Animal through Husbandry and Hunting Describing The Animal in New World Habitats Embodying Animals: Cervantes and Animal Cognition Minding Animals after Cervantes

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Minding Animals is a welcome addition to the growing body of studies about animals in Hispanism. It shows how early Spanish literature advocates the mindedness of animals and teaches nuanced meanings of anthropomorphism as a productive way to understand animals. -- John Beusterien, Texas Tech University * <em>Bulletin of Spanish Studies, Volume XCVI, Number 10</em>, 2019 *


Steven Wagschal's book is a goldmine of information about animal minds. -- Marc Bekoff * <em>Psychology Today</em> * Minding Animals is a welcome addition to the growing body of studies about animals in Hispanism. It shows how early Spanish literature advocates the mindedness of animals and teaches nuanced meanings of anthropomorphism as a productive way to understand animals. -- John Beusterien, Texas Tech University * <em>Bulletin of Spanish Studies, Volume XCVI, Number 10</em>, 2019 *


""Minding Animals is a welcome addition to the growing body of studies about animals in Hispanism. It shows how early Spanish literature advocates the mindedness of animals and teaches nuanced meanings of anthropomorphism as a productive way to understand animals."" -- John Beusterien, Texas Tech University * <em>Bulletin of Spanish Studies, Volume XCVI, Number 10</em>, 2019 * ""Steven Wagschal's book is a goldmine of information about animal minds."" -- Marc Bekoff * <em>Psychology Today</em> * ""This is a fine example of literary research and writing that ties into recent trends in interdisciplinary human–animal studies, ethology, and medieval and early modern studies."" -- Martha Few, Pennsylvania State University * <em>Bulletin of the Comediantes</em> * ""Minding Animals is a carefully researched, accessible, and highly readable book that makes a valuable contribution to the history of animal cognition."" -- Helen Cowie, University of York * <em>Speculum</em> *


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Steven Wagschal is a professor and chair of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Indiana University, Bloomington.

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