Jane Austen and animals

by Seeber, Barbara Karolina

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Title Statements

Full title :Jane Austen and animals / Barbara K. Seeber, Brock University, Canada.

Summary

The first full-length study of animals in Jane Austen, Barbara K. Seeber's book situates the author's work within the serious debates about human-animal relations that began in the eighteenth century and continued into Austen's lifetime. Seeber shows that Austen's writings consistently align the objectification of nature with that of women and that Austen associates the hunting, shooting, racing, and consuming of animals with the domination of women. Austen's complicated depictions of the use and abuse of nature also challenge postcolonial readings that interpret, for example, Fanny Price's rejoicing in nature as a celebration of England's imperial power. In Austen, hunting and the owning of animals are markers of station and a prerogative of power over others, while her representation of the hierarchy of food, where meat occupies top position, is identified with a human-nature dualism that objectifies not only nature, but also the women who are expected to serve food to men.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Ashgate
Place of Publication:Farnham, Surrey, England
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013

The Physical Object

Description:xii, 150 pages ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781409456049, 1409456048, 1409456056, 9781409456056, 1409472353, 9781409472353
oclc:ocn823860664
LC Classification:PR4038.A625
Dewey Decimal:823/.7

Introduction : A nest of my own -- The animal question and women -- Making a hole in her heart -- Too cool for about sporting -- Evergreen -- Legacies and diets -- Rock and rain.