CRITICAL LIFE STUDIES

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CRITICAL LIFE STUDIES ii
3. CONTENTS v
4. Acknowledgments vii
5. PROLOGUE: THE CARNAL IMMANENCE OF POLITICAL REALISM-REALISM, MATERIALITY, AND AGENCY 1
6. INTRODUCTION: NEW TAXIDERMY SURFACES IN CONTEMPORARY ART 12
7. 1. RECONFIGURING ANIMAL SKINS: FRAGMENTED HISTORIES AND MANIPULATED SURFACES 43
8. 2. A NATURAL HISTORY PANOPTICON: POWER, REPRESENTATION, AND ANIMAL OBJECTIFICATION 71
9. 3. DIORAMAS: POWER, REALISM, AND DECORUM 103
10. 4. THE END OF THE DAYDREAM: TAXIDERMY AND PHOTOGRAPHY 136
11. 5. FOLLOWING MATERIALITY: FROM MEDIUM TO SURFACE-MEDIUM SPECIFICITY AND ANIMAL VISIBILITY IN THE MODERN AGE 161
12. 6. THE ALLURE OF THE VENEER: AESTHETICS OF SPECULATIVE TAXIDERMY 181
13. 7. THIS IS NOT A HORSE: BIOPOWER AND ANIMAL SKINS IN THE ANTHROPOCENE 221
14. CODA: TOWARD NEW MYTHOLOGIES—THE RITUAL, THE SACRIFICE, THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS 244
15. Appendix: Some Notes Toward a Manifesto for Artists Working with and About Taxidermy Animals 257
16. Notes 261
17. BIBLIOGRAPHY 293
18. Index 311