Francis’s animal brotherhood in Thomas of Celano’s Vita Prima
Abstract
Francis of Assisi’s encounters with nonhuman animals in Thomas of Celano’s Vita Prima open into ‘contact zones’ between human and nonhuman animals that challenge traditional social hierarchies. Following Mary Louise Pratt’s and Donna Haraway’s foregrounding of these spaces as sites of contention and transformation, we explore the way that Francis’s behaviour with nonhuman animals draws attention to them as victims of economic, social, and moral...
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Title
Francis’s animal brotherhood in Thomas of Celano’s Vita Prima
Published Date
Mar 1, 2020
Journal
Volume
11
Issue
1
Pages
23 - 32
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