Pets and Domesticity in Victorian Literature and Culture: Animality, Queer Relations, and the Victorian Family

ISBN-13: 9780367871734 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 204 str.

Monica Flegel

Opis

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

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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