LEADER 05436nam 2200757Ia 450 001 9910782360303321 005 20230818212735.0 010 $a0-674-02925-9 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674029255 035 $a(CKB)1000000000548133 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH21620389 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000344234 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11278880 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000344234 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10307094 035 $a(PQKB)11397098 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000333489 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12131769 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000333489 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10354909 035 $a(PQKB)11745694 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300160 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300160 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10313879 035 $a(OCoLC)923109462 035 $a(DE-B1597)574511 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674029255 035 $a(dli)HEB05700 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000005840857 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000548133 100 $a19921201d1993 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA view to a death in the morning $ehunting and nature through history /$fMatt Cartmill 205 $a1st Harvard University Press pbk. ed. 210 $aCambridge, MA $cHarvard University Press$d1993 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 331 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-674-93736-8 311 0 $a0-674-93735-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [289]-319) and index. 327 $t1. The Killer Ape --$t2. The Rich Smell of Meat and Wickedness --$t3. Virgin Huntresses and Bleeding Feasts --$t4. The White Stag --$t5. The Sobbing Deer --$t6. The Noise of Breaking Machinery --$t7. The Sorrows of Eohippus --$t8. The Sick Animal --$t9. The Bambi Syndrome --$t10. The Fatal Disease of Nature --$t11. The Spirit of the Beast --$t12. View to a Death in the Morning 330 $aThis work looks at the ways in which hunting has figured in the Western imagination, from the myth of Artemis to the tale of Bambi. 330 $bWhat brought the ape out of the trees, and so the man out of the ape, was a taste for blood. This is how the story went, when a few fossils found in Africa in the 1920's seemed to point to hunting as the first human activity among our simian forebears-the force behind our upright posture, skill with tools, domestic arrangements, and warlike ways. Why, on such slim evidence, did the theory take hold? In this engrossing book Matt Cartmill searches out the origins, and the strange allure, of the myth of Man the Hunter. An exhilarating foray into cultural history, A View to a Death in the Morning shows us how hunting has figured in the western imagination from the myth of Artemis to the tale of Bambi-and how its evolving image has reflected our own view of ourselves. A leading biological anthropologist, Cartmill brings remarkable wit and wisdom to his story. Beginning with the killer--ape theory in its post World War II version, he takes us back through literature and history to other versions of the hunting hypothesis. Earlier accounts of Man the Hunter, drafted in the Renaissance, reveal a growing uneasiness with humanity's supposed dominion over nature. By delving further into the history of hunting, from its promotion as a maker of men and builder of character to its image as an aristocratic pastime, charged with ritual and eroticism, Cartmill shows us how the hunter has always stood between the human domain and the wild, his status changing with cultural conceptions of that boundary. Cartmill's inquiry leads us through classical antiquity and Christian tradition, medieval history, Renaissance thought, and the Romantic movement to the most recent controversies over wilderness management and animal rights. Modern ideas about human dominion find their expression in everything from scientific theories and philosophical assertions to Disney movies and sporting magazines. Cartmill's survey of these sources offers fascinating insight into the significance of hunting as a mythic metaphor in recent times, particularly after the savagery of the world wars reawakened grievous doubts about man's place in nature. A masterpiece of humanistic science, A View to a Death in the Morning is also a thoughtful meditation on what it means to be human, to stand uncertainly between the wilderness of beast and prey and the peaceable kingdom. This richly illustrated book will captivate readers on every side of the dilemma, from the most avid hunters to their most vehement opponents to those who simply wonder about the import of hunting in human nature. 606 $aHunting and gathering societies 606 $aHunting$xHistory 606 $aHuman-animal relationships 606 $aAnimals$xSymbolic aspects 606 $aHunting stories 615 0$aHunting and gathering societies. 615 0$aHunting$xHistory. 615 0$aHuman-animal relationships. 615 0$aAnimals$xSymbolic aspects. 615 0$aHunting stories. 676 $a306.364 700 $aCartmill$b Matt$01021032 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782360303321 996 $aA view to a death in the morning$92417813 997 $aUNINA