Snakes in American Culture

A Hisstory

Jesse C. Donahue, Conor Shaw-Draves (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

228 Seiten

2019
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6265-7 (ISBN)

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Focusing primarily on American culture and history from the 1800s, this study draws on a wide range of sources - including newspaper archives, medical journals, and archives from the Smithsonian Institute - to examine the complex relationship between snakes and humans.

The literature on snakes is manifold but overwhelmingly centered on the natural sciences. Little has been published about them in the fields of popular culture or the history of medicine.

Focusing primarily on American culture and history from the 1800s, this study draws on a wide range of sources--including newspaper archives, medical journals, and archives from the Smithsonian Institute--to examine the complex relationship between snakes and humans.

Jesse C. Donahue is a professor of political science at Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan. Conor Shaw-Draves is an assistant professor of English at Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface: Dangerous Neighbors by Jesse C. Donahue

1. Bitten: Poor Americans and Snakes

2. Cures: The Strange and Often Painful Treatment for Snakebite Before American Antivenin

3. Antivenin: Bringing the Real Cure to the United States

4. On Stage: Traveling Acts, Circuses and Zoos

5. On Screen: Snakes in the Movies, Reality Television and Documentaries

6. In Jesus’ Name: Holiness and the Handling of Serpents

Conclusion: Has Anything Changed?

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	03.04.2019
Zusatzinfo	8 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	299 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Tiere / Tierhaltung
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	1-4766-6265-7 / 1476662657
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-6265-7 / 9781476662657
Zustand	Neuware