{"product_id":"dog-of-the-decade-9781476684338","title":"Dog of the Decade","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   What do dogs mean in America? How do Americans make meaning through their dogs? The United States has long expressed its cultural unconscious through canine iconography. Through our dogs, we figure out what we''re thinking and who we are, representing by proxy the things that we don''t quite want to recognize in ourselves. Often, it''s a specific breed or type of dog that serves as an informal cultural mascot, embodying an era''s needs, fears, desires, longings, aspirations, repressions, and hopeless contradictions. Combining cultural studies with personal narrative, this book creates a playful, speculative reading of American culture through its canine self-representations. Looking at seven different breeds or types over the last seven decades, readers will go on an intellectual dog walk through some of the mazes of American cultural mythology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Breedologies: How We Look with Dogs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter One. Made in America: Cocker Spaniels in the 1950s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Two. Thousands of Howls: Beagles in the 1960s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Three. Rewilding: Dogs as Wolves in the 1970s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Four. Breeding Bullies: Pit Bulls in the 1980s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Five. A Dog for All Seasons: Labrador Retrievers in the 1990s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Six. Mutty Waters: Mixed Breeds in the 2000s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Seven. Made to Order: Designer Dogs in the 2010s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfterword: How Will We Look with Dogs?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Notes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040488948055,"sku":"9781476684338","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dog-of-the-decade-9781476684338","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}