5/28/2023 0 Comments Hyena by Mikita Brottman"Get to know a hyena up close, and you will encounter a fabulous, enchanted beast, neither cat nor dog but an odd combination of the two, related more closely to cat than dog, with a touch of the ferret thrown in for bad luck." (p. "In case of the hyena, so ingrained is the animal's reputation that, upon learning its name, the creature itself is transformed before our very eyes." (p. Several quotes succinctly summarize Brottman's goals and conclusions in this book: Her aim in Hyena is to address this particular animal's reputation and to dispel the myths that have stained the hyena's name for nearly all of human existence. On her website, she describes herself as a psychoanalyst, author, and cultural critic. Brottman is a professor in the Department of Humanistic Studies at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland. The Reaktion book Hyena was written by Mikita Brottman, published in 2012. (Summarized by Marie Carmen Abney, Animal Studies Graduate Program, Michigan State University)
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