Becoming Centaur: Eighteenth-Century Masculinity and English Horsemanship

by Monica Mattfeld

Book Overview

Explores the history of horse-human relationships over the long eighteenth century, and how these relationships in turn influenced performances of gender. Examines the agential influence of horses in their riders' lives, horses on stage and the early circus, and the politicization of human-animal being.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271075783
• ISBN13: 9780271075785
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"