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The Celluloid Specimen
Moving Image Research into Animal Life
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This book is ideal for readers interested in history of science, animal studies, film archives, and cultural analysis, as well as scholars examining intersections of science, race, and society.
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A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing programme. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.
In The Celluloid Specimen, Benjamín Schultz‑Figueroa examines rarely seen behaviourist films of animal experiments from the 1930s and 1940s. These laboratory recordings—including Robert Yerkes's work with North American primate colonies, Yale University's rat‑based simulations of human society, and B. F. Skinner's promotions for pigeon‑guided missiles—have long been considered passive records of scientific research.
In Schultz‑Figueroa's incisive analysis, however, they are revealed to be rich historical, political, and aesthetic texts that played a crucial role in American scientific and cultural history—and remain foundational to contemporary conceptions of species, race, identity, and society.
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ISBN: 9780520342347
Publisher: University of California Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 28 February 2023
Country: United States
Imprint: University of California Press
Illustration: 16 b-w figures and 13 A-V clips
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 229.0mm
Weight: 454g
Pages: 270
About the Author
Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa is Assistant Professor of Film Studies at Seattle University.
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