Savage: The Making of Modern Dogs in British Hong Kong - Couverture souple

Chan, Catherine S.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1501787632 ISBN 13 : 9781501787638

Editeur : Cornell University East Asia Program, 2026

Synopsis

Savage explores the dark side of colonial modernity through canine eyes, showing the many ways that dogs involuntarily contributed to the modernization of twentieth-century Hong Kong. Catherine S. Chan follows the piecemeal transplantation of British animal humanitarianism as pedigree dogs accompanied hardening class differences, dogmeat became a contested racial issue, and dogs were roped into the long list of undesirables fabricated in the so-called golden era of reforms following the social disturbances of the 1960s.

Chan reveals a fragmented civilizing project that constructed dogs as dangerous, filthy, and unnecessary nuisances in a burgeoning city, rationalizing the slaughter of tens of thousands of dogs alongside paradoxical criticism of the native population for perpetrating animal cruelty and the promotion of British animal humanitarianism. Departing from anthropocentric perspectives in understanding the use of Britishness in the molding of modern cities, Savage restores the presence and agency of dogs to encourage a rethinking of the patchiness of British colonial governance and the long-lasting repercussions that modernity can have on our relationship with animals.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Catherine S. Chan is Research Assistant Professor of History at Lingnan University. She is the author of The Macanese Diaspora in British Hong Kong.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cornell University East Asia Program
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1501787632
• ISBN 13: 9781501787638
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 210
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible