The most successfully integrated of humanity's animal “others,” the dog surpasses all other animals in the length and complexity of its relationship to human beings. To initiate a “cartography of the canine” is both to remember a rich history and to envisage, along with many artists, new possibilities for this enduring companionship.

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Animals and Performance
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