The cat and the human imagination
feline images from Bast to Garfield
by Katharine M. Rogers
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The Cat and the Human Imagination is a fascinating investigation of the changing cultural attitudes toward cats and the myriad ways they have been depicted in literature and art over time. Feline images have permeated civilization since the ancient Egyptians, and during this time the status of the cat has changed dramatically. The book examines the changing images - fertility goddess, agent of Satan, aristocrat, spirit of the home, bloodthirsty killer - and relates them to the contexts in which they arose.
It also analyzes how human attitudes toward cats seem to have evolved in parallel with attitudes toward other animals, toward authority, and toward gender.
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Cats in art, Cats, Cats in literature, Cats, pictorial works, Animals in art| Edition | Availability |
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The Cat and the Human Imagination: Feline Images from Bast to Garfield
March 28, 2001, University of Michigan Press
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in English
0472087509 9780472087501
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The Cat and the Human Imagination: Feline Images from Bast to Garfield
April 1998, University of Michigan Press
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in English
0472108263 9780472108268
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The cat and the human imagination: feline images from Bast to Garfield
1997, University of Michigan Press
in English
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-210) and index.
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