The Celluloid Specimen: Moving Image Research Into Animal Life (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780520342347)

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In The Celluloid Specimen, Benjam? Schultz-Figueroa examines rarely seen behaviorist 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.

Author: Benjamin Schultz-Figueroa
ISBN-10: 0520342348
ISBN-13: 9780520342347
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 02/28/2023
Pages: 270
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.80h x 6.00w x 0.80d