{"product_id":"perilous-beasts-stephen-b-neufeld-9780826369093","title":"Perilous Beasts: Mexican Necropolitics, Animal Deaths, and Blood Sports, 1870-1920","description":"\u003cb\u003eA deep dive into the history of bullfighting, hunting, and animal control in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Mexico.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePerilous Beasts\u003c\/i\u003e Stephen B. Neufeld explains how and why Mexicans accepted animal death as a part of daily human life. Whether with casual indifference or with roaring cheers, the death of animals became a feature of the emerging liberal and capitalist society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis study looks at an era between 1870 and 1920 when cities became killers, sports became spectacle, and wildlife became game. Beasts died for science and entertainment all across turn-of-the-century Mexico from cities and suburbs to wildernesses, best exemplified by the proliferation of blood sports--cockfighting, bullfighting, and hunting. Neufeld explores topics including public health and the war against rabies, the emergence of the bullring as modern entertainment, and the deep contradictions between elite safari and indigenous foodways. \u003ci\u003ePerilous Beasts\u003c\/i\u003e examines how Mexicans made sense of and culture from these practices. Although some pushed back and demanded the abolition of practices like the bullfight, many supported these sports with enthusiasm and even, at times, with full-throated rioting and arson. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs animals lost their status as \"fellow beings\" they became casualties to the genocidal impulses of a changing society. Through considerations of how the human-animal justified killing dogs, roosters, bulls, and other creatures for reasons beyond strict necessity, \u003ci\u003ePerilous Beasts\u003c\/i\u003e explains the necropolitical ecology and power of a transformed Mexico.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen B. Neufeld\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 082636909X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826369093\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Unm Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d","brand":"Stephen B. Neufeld","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48014225178879,"sku":"9780826369093","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_25935084-3e12-4db0-bd2a-0c936aa9b4cf.jpg?v=1767747460","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/perilous-beasts-stephen-b-neufeld-9780826369093","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}