Becoming Centaur
Subtitle: Eighteenth-Century Masculinity and English Horsemanship
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780271075778
Subjects: Horsemanship; Horsemen and horsewomen; Human-animal relationships; Masculinity; Great britain, social conditions
Description: "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"--Provided by publisher.