A Tail… Film Metaphors of Bodily Transgressions in Human and Animal World

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA.2021.07.12

Keywords:

hybrid, zoophilia, body deformity, film, tail

Abstract

Andrzej Pitrus writes about films showing the transgression of man towards animality. He is interested in human-animal hybrids, as well as prohibited sexual contacts between representatives of different species. These motifs are present in the cinema, but they are a kind of taboo, a line which filmmakers rarely cross. It turns out, however, that they can effectively problematize fundamental existential issues and more.

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Published

2021-06-29

How to Cite

Pitrus, A. (2021). A Tail… Film Metaphors of Bodily Transgressions in Human and Animal World. Zoophilologica. Polish Journal of Animal Studies, (1 (7), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA.2021.07.12