Dog of the Decade

Breed Trends and What They Mean in America

Deborah Thompson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

212 Seiten

2021
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
9781476684338 (ISBN)

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What do dogs mean in America? How do Americans make meaning through their dogs? The United States has long expressed its cultural unconscious through canine iconography. Through our dogs, we figure out what we're thinking and who we are, representing by proxy the things that we don't quite want to recognize in ourselves. Often, it's a specific breed or type of dog that serves as an informal cultural mascot, embodying an era's needs, fears, desires, longings, aspirations, repressions, and hopeless contradictions. Combining cultural studies with personal narrative, this book creates a playful, speculative reading of American culture through its canine self-representations. Looking at seven different breeds or types over the last seven decades, readers will go on an intellectual dog walk through some of the mazes of American cultural mythology.

Deborah Thompson is a professor of English at Colorado State University, where she teaches literature and creative nonfiction. She has published numerous creative and critical essays.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Breedologies: How We Look with Dogs

Chapter One. Made in America: Cocker Spaniels in the 1950s

Chapter Two. Thousands of Howls: Beagles in the 1960s

Chapter Three. Rewilding: Dogs as Wolves in the 1970s

Chapter Four. Breeding Bullies: Pit Bulls in the 1980s

Chapter Five. A Dog for All Seasons: Labrador Retrievers in the 1990s

Chapter Six. Mutty Waters: Mixed Breeds in the 2000s

Chapter Seven. Made to Order: Designer Dogs in the 2010s

Afterword: How Will We Look with Dogs?

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	01.12.2021
Reihe/Serie	Dogs in Our World
Mitarbeit	Herausgeber (Serie): Brian Patrick Duggan
Zusatzinfo	14 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	290 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Tiere / Tierhaltung
ISBN-13	9781476684338 / 9781476684338
Zustand	Neuware