Animals Through Chinese History: Earliest Times to 1911

ISBN-13: 9781108428156 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 290 str.

Dagmar Schafer; Martina Siebert; Roel Sterckx

Opis

This innovative new collection opens a door into the rich history of animals in China. This title is also available as Open Access.

Recenzje

'Drawing upon an impressive range of primary sources, this volume constitutes a collection of essays from various scholarly disciplines that seek to 'open the door to the rich field of animals and knowing in China'.' Joseph Chadwin, Religious Studies

Spis treści

1. Shang sacrificial animals material documents and images Adam C. Schwartz; 2. Animal to edible the ritualization of animals in early China Roel Sterckx; 3. Noble creatures filial and righteous animals in early medieval Confucian thought Keith N. Knapp; 4. Walking by itself the singular history of the Chinese cat Timothy H. Barrett and Mark Strange; 5. Bees in China a brief cultural history David Pattinson; 6. Where did the animals go? Presence and absence of livestock in Chinese agricultural treatises Francesca Bray; 7. Animals as text producing and consuming 'text-animals' Martina Siebert; 8. Great plans song dynastic (960–1279) institutions for human and veterinary healthcare Han Yi and Dagmar Schäfer; 9. Animals in nineteenth-century eschatological discourse Vincent Goossaert; 10. Reconsidering the boundaries multicultural and multilingual perspectives on the care and management of the emperors' horses in the Qing Sare Aricanli; 11. Animals as wonders writing commentaries on monthly ordinances in Qing China Zheng Xinxian; 12. Reforming the humble pig pigs, pork and contemporary China Mindi Schneider.