Cow [
Hannah Velten plumbs the rich trove of myth, fact, and legend surrounding the seemingly-benign cow.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Reaktion Book ,
c2007
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| Series: | Animal (Reaktion Books)
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| Online Access: | NetLibrary |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: reintroducing the cow, bull and ox
- Wild ox to domesticates
- Bull-gods, Bull-kings
- Cow mysticism and a rural idyll
- Toiling the fields and a 'cattle complex'
- Cattle stars and romantic associations
- Poor cow: pushing the bound