What It Means To Be Human: Reflections From 1791 To The Present

Author: Joanna Bourke

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Price : $55.00 AUD
ISBN : 9781844086443
Publisher : Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint : Virago Press Ltd
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Weight (g) : 0.842
Publication date : 30 September 2011
Dimensions : 241mm X 158mm X 41mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
RRP : 55.0
Availability date : 01 December 2011
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Author : Joanna Bourke
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Dewey classification : 303.372
Pages : 480
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In 1872, a woman known only as 'An Earnest Englishwoman', published an open letter entitled 'Are women animals?' She protested that women were not treated as fully human; their status was worse than that of animals. What does it mean to be 'human' rather than 'animal'? If the Earnest Englishwoman had turned her gaze to the previous century, her critique could have applied to slaves. Exploring the legacy of more than two centuries, this meticulously researched and illuminating book of history examines the ever shifting line drawn between the human and the animal.

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Joanna Bourke is a professor of history at Birkbeck College in London. Her book An Intimate History of Killing received critical acclaim, winning the Wolfson History Prize.

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