Citations:simianization

English citations of simianization

• 2004 July, Michael de Nie, The Eternal Paddy: Irish Identity and the British Press, 1798–1882 (History of Ireland & the Irish Diaspora), Univ of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 10:

  As Perry Curtis skillfully demonstrates in Apes and Angels, this assumed inferiority was increasingly symbolized by the simianization of the Irish beginning around mid-century. Portrayed in cartoons as dark, heavy-jawed criminals, semibestial ape-men or even outright inhuman monsters, these Irish subjects inhabited a lower branch on the human family tree.

• 2008 October 1, Noel Carroll, “Ethnicity, Race, and Monstrosity: The Rhetorics of Horror and Humor”, in Engaging the Moving Image (Yale Series in the Philosophy and Theory), Yale University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 98:

  The simianization of black people is also a feature of popular fiction. In Robert E. Howard's pulp fiction “Moon of Zambebwei,” the first black character we encounter is described as apish in terms of his long arms and agility.

• 2019 November 8, Vanessa Woods, Brian Hare, “Uncanny Valley of the Apes”, in Kristof Dhont, Gordon Hodson, editors, Why We Love and Exploit Animals: Bridging Insights from Academia and Advocacy‎^[1], Routledge, →ISBN:

  There is a general awareness that simianization of black people dates back to the slave trade.