Zoologies: On Animals and the Human Spirit

by Alison Hawthorne Deming

Book Overview

Humans were surrounded by other animals from the beginning of time: they were food, clothes, adversaries, companions, jokes, and gods. And yet, our companions in evolution are leaving the world--both as physical beings and spiritual symbols--and not returning.

In this collection of linked essays, Alison Hawthorne Deming asks, and seeks to answer: what does the disappearance of animals mean for human imagination and existence?...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571313486
• ISBN13: 9781571313485
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Milkweed Editions
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"