Talking apes : the problem of anthropomorphous animals
This thesis examines the human/animal binary in the Western tradition. I analyze in particular the dominant configuration of the human as the speaking, thinking being against the animal as mute and dumb. This configuration informs cultural conceptions of humans and animals in the West, and determine...
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University of British Columbia
2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/36228 |