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OverviewAn analysis of the human-animal relationship in post-colonial Singapore. Modern Singapore is the Garden City, a biophilic urban space that includes a variety of animals, from mosquitoes to humans, even polar bears. Singaporean Creatures brings together historians to contemplate this human-animal relationship and how it has shaped society—socially, economically, politically, and environmentally. It is a work of historical and ecological analysis, in which various institutions, perspectives, and events involving animals provide insight into how the larger society has been formed and developed over the last half-century. The interaction of all Singaporean creatures thus provides a lens through which we can understand the creation of a modern and urban nation-state, shaped by the forces of the Anthropocene. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Timothy Barnard , Ruizhi Choo , Anthony Medrano , Miles Alexander PowellPublisher: NUS Press Imprint: NUS Press Weight: 0.272kg ISBN: 9789813252387ISBN 10: 9813252383 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 31 January 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsList of Images Introduction: Humans and Other Animals in a Singaporean Anthropocene Chapter 1: Tilapia, Travel and the Making of a Singaporean Creature Chapter 2: One of the Main Drawbacks of Tropical Living Chapter 3: Mosquitoes, Public Health and the Construction of a Modern Society Chapter 4: Fear, Fascination and Fantasy in the Cultural History of Crocodiles Chapter 5: Too Much Monkey Business Chapter 6: Songbirds in a Garden City Chapter 7: Marine Life in Service of the State at Public Aquariums and Oceanariums in Singapore Chapter 8: Nation, Nature and the Singapore Zoological Gardens, 1973-2018 List of Contributors Bibliography IndexReviews"""A lively and persuasive account of Singapore's relationship with animals from the mid-20th century onwards.... Thoroughly intriguing and readable, Singaporean Creatures is also a worthy 'sequel' to Barnard's earlier book Imperial Creatures, which explored Singapore's relationship with other animals within an earlier time frame of 1819 to 1942.""-- ""Straits Times""" """This is a thorough account of multidisciplinary research in the post-colonial world and capitalist social engineering on a grand scale.""-- ""Leonardo Reviews"" ""A lively and persuasive account of Singapore's relationship with animals from the mid-20th century onwards.... Thoroughly intriguing and readable, Singaporean Creatures is also a worthy 'sequel' to Barnard's earlier book Imperial Creatures, which explored Singapore's relationship with other animals within an earlier time frame of 1819 to 1942.""-- ""Straits Times""" Author InformationTimothy P. Barnard is an associate professor in the Department of History at the National University of Singapore, where he specializes in the environmental and cultural history of island Southeast Asia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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