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Autore: |
Sarasohn Lisa T. <1950->
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Titolo: |
Getting under our skin : the cultural and social history of vermin / / Lisa T. Sarasohn
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Pubblicazione: | Baltimore, Maryland : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , [2021] |
©2021 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource |
Disciplina: | 632.960941 |
Soggetto topico: | Pests - Control - Economic aspects - Great Britain - North America |
Pests - Social aspects - Great Britain - North America | |
Human-animal relationships - Great Britain - North America | |
Pests - Psychological aspects | |
Pests in literature | |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [229]-268) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Introduction. Vermin in history -- "That nauseous venomous insect" : bed bugs in early modern Britain -- Bed bugs creeping through modern times -- Praying lice : creeping into religion, science, and sexuality -- Lousy societies : infesting the lower classes and foreigners -- The perils of lice in the modern world -- The flea in humanity's ear -- Modern fleas : literal and linguistic weapons -- Attacking rodents : rats in early modern times -- The two cultures of rats, 1800-2020 -- Conclusion. The power of vermin. |
Sommario/riassunto: | "Vermin are not only pestering; they shape the way people look at each other and are a way that some people get to feel superior to others"-- |
Titolo autorizzato: | Getting under our skin ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-4214-4139-X |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910795247403321 |
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