Jane Austen and Animals Seeber Barbara K.
Jane Austen and Animals Seeber Barbara K. The first full-length study of animals in Jane Austen, Barbara K. Seeber shows that Austen's writings consistently align the objectification of nature with…
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Jane Austen and Animals Seeber Barbara K.
The first full-length study of animals in Jane Austen, Barbara K. Seeber shows that Austen's writings consistently align the objectification of nature with that of women and that Austen associates the hunting, shooting, racing, and consuming of animals with the domination of women. Seeber's book situates the author's work within the serious debates about human-animal relations that began in the eighteenth century and continued into Austen's lifetime.
In Austen, hunting and the owning of animals are markers of station and a prerogative of power over others, while her representation of the hierarchy of food, where meat occupies top position, is identified with a human-nature dualism Austen's complicated depictions of the use and abuse of nature also challenge postcolonial readings that interpret, for example, Fanny Price's rejoicing in nature as a celebration of England's imperial power.