Das Rennpferd. Historische Perspektiven auf Zucht und Führung seit dem 18. Jahrhundert
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| Autor: | Derix, Simone |
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| Erschienen in: | Body politics |
| Veröffentlicht: | 2 (2014), 4, S. 397-429, Lit. |
| Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
| Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
| Medienart: | Elektronische Ressource (online) Gedruckte Ressource |
| Sprache: | Deutsch |
| ISSN: | 2196-4793 |
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| Erfassungsnummer: | PU201512009266 |
| Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract
This article examines the continuing close relationship between race-horse and man since the eighteenth century and thus sets a counterpoint to the theory of the horse age coming to an end. There are two bodily practices that are characteristic of this special human-animal relationship: breeding and leadership. Both practices illustrate the fundamental significance of the racehorse for human beings and the interaction be-tween them. Racehorses were a field of experimentation and a resource for deriving con-cepts of purity and refinement, communication and leadership. They remained a prestige object and were a means of acquiring certain qualities that set “horse people” apart from others.