Furry Nation
by Joe Strike
2020-09-03 03:35:09
Winner of the 2017 Ursa Major Award for Best Non-Fiction Work! Furry fandom is a recent phenomenon, but anthropomorphism is an instinct hard-wired into the human mind: the desire to see animals on a more equal footing with people. Itâs existed s...
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Winner of the 2017 Ursa Major Award for Best Non-Fiction Work! Furry fandom is a recent phenomenon, but anthropomorphism is an instinct hard-wired into the human mind: the desire to see animals on a more equal footing with people. Itâs existed since the beginning of time in prehistoric cave paintings, ancient gods and tribal rituals. It lives on todayânot just in the sports mascots and cartoon characters we see everywhere, but in stage plays, art galleries, serious literature, performance artâand among furry fans who bring their make-believe characters to life digitally, on paper, or in the carefully crafted fursuits they wear to become the animals of their imagination. In Furry Nation, author Joe Strike shares the very human story of the people who created furry fandom, the many forms it takesâfrom the joyfully public to the deeply personalâ and how Furry transformed his own life.
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