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Equine fictions : human-horse relationships in twenty-first-century writing

Title
Equine fictions : human-horse relationships in twenty-first-century writing / by Jopi Nyman.
Author
Nyman, Jopi, 1966-
Publication
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019.

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Description
x, 164 pages; 22 cm
Summary
This innovative volume approaches the intriguing relationship between humans and horses in 21st-century Anglophone fiction and autobiography from the perspectives of affect and politics. It addresses the strong emotional power attached to the human-horse bond, and contextualizes horse narratives within debates concerning identity and its politics. The in-depth analysis deals with topics such as the intertwinement of humans and animals, healing, mourning, and nostalgia in horse narratives, and the formation of gendered and national identities. The volume pays particular attention to life writing.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Introduction -- Part I: Autobiographical Perspectives. 2. Intimate Human-Horse Relationships: Affect and Therapy in Susan Richards's Chosen by a Horse: How a Broken Horse Fixed a Broken Heart ; 3. Riding towards Healing in Rupert Isaacson's The Horse Boy ; 4. Politics of Horsemanship: Buck Brannaman, Trust, and Discipline -- Part II: Representing Humans and Horses in Fiction. 5. Land, Humans, and Horses in Gillian Mears's Foal's Bread ; 6. Negotiating Fandom and Nostalgia in Follyfoot Fanfiction ; 7. Horsescapes: Space, Nation, and Human-Horse Relations in Jane Smiley's Horse Heaven.
Call Number
JFD 19-4188
ISBN
  • 9781527532267
  • 1527532267
OCLC
1099179912
Author
Nyman, Jopi, 1966- author.
Title
Equine fictions : human-horse relationships in twenty-first-century writing / by Jopi Nyman.
Publisher
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2019.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
2000-2099
Research Call Number
JFD 19-4188
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