The Celluloid Specimen: Moving Image Research Into Animal Life

By Benjamin Schultz-Figueroa

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In The Celluloid Specimen, Benjam n Schultz-Figueroa examines rarely seen behaviorist films of animal experiments from the 1930s and 1940s. These laboratory recordings--including Robert Yerkes's work with North American primate colonies, Yale University's rat-based simulations of human society, and B. F. Skinner's promotions for pigeon-guided missiles--have long been considered passive records of scientific research. In Schultz-Figueroa's incisive analysis, however, they are revealed to be rich historical, political, and aesthetic texts that played a crucial role in American scientific and cultural history--and remain foundational to contemporary conceptions of species, race, identity, and society.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520342348
• ISBN13: 9780520342347
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.8"