Global Pigeon

Jerolmack, Colin

ISBN 10: 022600208X / ISBN 13: 9780226002088

Editore: University of Chicago Press, 2013

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Riassunto:

The pigeon is the quintessential city bird. Domesticated thousands of years ago as a messenger and a source of food, its presence on our sidewalks is so common that people consider the bird a nuisance&;if they notice it at all. Yet pigeons are also kept for pleasure, sport, and profit by people all over the world, from the &;pigeon wars&; waged by breeding enthusiasts in the skies over Brooklyn to the Million Dollar Pigeon Race held every year in South Africa.

Drawing on more than three years of fieldwork across three continents, Colin Jerolmack traces our complex and often contradictory relationship with these versatile animals in public spaces such as Venice&;s Piazza San Marco and London&;s Trafalgar Square and in working-class and immigrant communities of pigeon breeders in New York and Berlin. By exploring what he calls &;the social experience of animals,&; Jerolmack shows how our interactions with pigeons offer surprising insights into city life, community, culture, and politics. Theoretically understated and accessible to interested readers of all stripes, The Global Pigeon is one of the best and most original ethnographies to be published in decades.

Informazioni sull?autore:

Colin Jerolmack is assistant professor of sociology and environmental studies at New York University.

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Titolo: Global Pigeon
Casa editrice: University of Chicago Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2013
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: Very Good