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Sheep
Philip Armstrong
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Description for Sheep
Paperback. A unique exploration of the biology and history of sheep, as well as their place in literature and the other creative arts. Series: Animal. Num Pages: 208 pages, 100 illustrations, 70 in colour. BIC Classification: WNCF; WNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 190 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
The Egyptians worshipped them, the Romans dressed them in fitted coats, the Christians made the shepherd synonymous with their divine saviour. In Sheep, Philip Armstrong traces the natural and cultural history of both the wild and domestic species of Ovis: from the Old World mouflon to the corkscrew-horned flocks of the Egyptians, to the 'Trojan sheep' of Homer's Odyssey, to the vast migratory mobs of Spanish merinos - all the way to Dolly the cloned ewe and the sheep-human hybrids of Haruki Murakami. Above all else, Sheep demonstrates that sometimes the most mundane animals turn out to be the most ... Read more
The Egyptians worshipped them, the Romans dressed them in fitted coats, the Christians made the shepherd synonymous with their divine saviour. In Sheep, Philip Armstrong traces the natural and cultural history of both the wild and domestic species of Ovis: from the Old World mouflon to the corkscrew-horned flocks of the Egyptians, to the 'Trojan sheep' of Homer's Odyssey, to the vast migratory mobs of Spanish merinos - all the way to Dolly the cloned ewe and the sheep-human hybrids of Haruki Murakami. Above all else, Sheep demonstrates that sometimes the most mundane animals turn out to be the most ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Animal
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780235936
SKU
V9781780235936
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Philip Armstrong
Philip Armstrong is an Associate Professor of English at Canterbury University, New Zealand, and the Co-Director of the New Zealand Centre for Human-Animal Studies. His books include What Animals Mean (2008).
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