Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Prologue
- Introduction: Armored Beasts and the Elephant in the Room
- 1 Hawa’i the Elephant and Abada the Rhinoceros
- 2 Fuleco the Armadillo
- 3 Jarama the Bull and Maghreb the Lion
- Conclusion: Biogeography as a Teaching Tool
- Appendix 1 Biogeography Course Project: Naming an Early Modern Animal
- Appendix 2 Bibliography for the Study of Animals and Early Modern Spain
- Index
Appendix 1 - Biogeography Course Project: Naming an Early Modern Animal
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 November 2020
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Prologue
- Introduction: Armored Beasts and the Elephant in the Room
- 1 Hawa’i the Elephant and Abada the Rhinoceros
- 2 Fuleco the Armadillo
- 3 Jarama the Bull and Maghreb the Lion
- Conclusion: Biogeography as a Teaching Tool
- Appendix 1 Biogeography Course Project: Naming an Early Modern Animal
- Appendix 2 Bibliography for the Study of Animals and Early Modern Spain
- Index
Summary
Description: This project is designed for an upper-level university course on culture in the Spanish-speaking world. Students create a proper name for an unnamed animal. They must show how the animal impacted culture and how culture impacted the animal. The goal of the course project is to enhance the appreciation of early modern Spanish culture.
Determination of grade:
1. Animal life story (30%): Invent a proper name. Describe the animal's life. Estimate the date and place of the animal's birth and death. Describe how social institutions affected the animal's life.
2. Cultural significance of animal object or spectacle (70%): Examine the impact of the animal as object or spectacle.
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- Information
- Transoceanic Animals as Spectacle in Early Modern Spain , pp. 237 - 238Publisher: Amsterdam University PressPrint publication year: 2020