Animal Acts: Configuring the Human in Western History - Explore Human-Animal Relationships in Cultural Studies & Academic Research" （如果原始标题是中文，翻译优化后为：） "Animal Acts: Understanding Human-Animal Bonds in Western History - Ideal for Cultural Studies & Academic Research

Animal Acts records the history of the fluctuating boundary between animals and humans as expressed in literary, philosophical and scientific texts, as well as visual arts and historical practices such as dissection, circus acts, the hunt and zoos. The essays document a persistent return of animality, a becoming animal that has always existed within and at the margins of Western Culture from the Middle Ages to the present.