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Animality and colonial subjecthood in Africa : the human and nonhuman creatures of Nigeria / Saheed Aderinto
VerfasserAderinto, Saheed
ErschienenAthens, Ohio : Ohio University Press ; © 2022, [2022]
Umfangxviii, 322 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm
Serie
New African histories
SchlagwörterAnimals / Nigeria / Colonial influence / Animals / Social aspects / Nigeria / History / Human-animal relationships / Nigeria / History / Nigeria / Colonial influence / Nigeria / Politics and government / To 1960 / Animaux / Aspect social / Nigeria / Histoire / Relations homme-animal / Nigeria / Histoire / Nigeria / Politique et gouvernement / Jusqu'à 1960 / Animals / Social aspects / Colonial influence / Human-animal relationships / Politics and government / Nigeria / To 1960 / History / Nigeria / Mensch / Tiere / Kolonialismus
ISBN9780821424698
ISBN9780821424766
Inhalt
A meaty colony : Nigerians and the animals they ate -- The living machines of imperialism : animal aesthetics, imperial spectacle, and the political economy of the horse and donkey -- "Dogs are the most useful animals" : a canine history of colonial Nigeria -- "The Nigerian political zoo" : animal art, modernism, and the visual narrative of nation-building -- "Beware of dogs" : rabies and the elastic geographies of fear -- The lion king in the cage : nature, wildlife conservation, and the modern zoo -- "Let us be kind to our dumb friends" : animal cruelty in the discourse of colonial modernity -- "A great evil ritual murder" : the Save-the-Nigerian-Horse-and-Donkey campaign
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Zusammenfassung
"From debates over the aesthetics of birds in the urban landscape to how horse racing enhanced imperial power to the ways in which water navigation impacts aquatic creatures, Saheed Aderinto argues that it is impossible to comprehend the full extent of imperial domination without considering the colonial subjecthood of animals"