Spider [electronic resource] / Katarzyna and Sergiusz Michalski.
2010
QL458.4 .M53 2010eb
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Title
Spider [electronic resource] / Katarzyna and Sergiusz Michalski.
Author
Michalska, Katarzyna.
ISBN
9781861897756 (pbk.)
1861897758 (pbk.)
9781861898883 (e-book)
1861897758 (pbk.)
9781861898883 (e-book)
Publication Details
London : Reaktion Books, 2010.
Language
English
Description
224 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.
Call Number
QL458.4 .M53 2010eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
595.44
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes Web resources (p. 217).
Includes Web resources (p. 217).
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Michalski, Sergiusz.
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Animal (Reaktion Books)
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Table of Contents
Introduction : spiders on the wall and elsewhere
Some basic zoological facts
Arachnophobia
Venom and cold intellect : the spider and its web in the European intellectual tradition
The femme fatale and eroticism
Oppressive mothers, dreams and Louise Bourgeois
Spiders in art and caricature
Myth and folklore
Urban legends
Spider goes Hollywood.
Some basic zoological facts
Arachnophobia
Venom and cold intellect : the spider and its web in the European intellectual tradition
The femme fatale and eroticism
Oppressive mothers, dreams and Louise Bourgeois
Spiders in art and caricature
Myth and folklore
Urban legends
Spider goes Hollywood.