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Becoming centaur: eighteenth-century masculinity and English horsemanship

By Monica , Mattfeld

Book information

Publisher
The Pennsylvania State University Press
Year
2017
ISBN
9780271075778, 9780271079721, 027107972X, 9780271079745, 0271079746
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
107 MB (112626507 bytes)
Series
Animalibus
Pages
\290
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Équitation--Angleterre--Histoire--18e siècle;Horse

Description

William Cavendish and Hobbesian horsemanship -- Riding houses and polite equestrianism -- Astley's amphitheatre -- Henry William Bunbury and the mock manuals of horsemanship.;"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"-- William Cavendish and Hobbesian horsemanship -- Riding houses and polite equestrianism -- Astley's amphitheatre -- Henry William Bunbury and the mock manuals of horsemanship.

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