The Celluloid SpecimenBenjamin Schultz-FigueroaLabel: University of California PressDescription: A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. In The Celluloid Specimen Benjamín Schultz‑Figueroa examines rarely seen behaviorist films of animal experiments from the 1930s and 1940s. These laboratory recordings—including Robert Yerkes's work with North American primate colonies Yale University's rat‑based simulations of human society and B. F. Skinner's promotions for pigeon‑guided missiles—have long been considered passive records of scientific research. In Schultz‑Figueroa's incisive analysis however they are revealed to be rich historical political and aesthetic texts that played a crucial role in American scientific and cultural history—and remain foundational to contemporary conceptions of species race identity and society.
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