This is better than I thought. She believes that the revolution from
despising, persecuting, or hiding your affection for cats to liking,
respecting, getting to know them, treating the infinitely better,
responsibly occurred over the 19th century and brought about by art
work in popular magazines which worked to make people see cats as
versions of themselves. I'm not so sure. Was it not bringing them
indoors because litter invented kept them at home.
Both together probably.
I'm a wee bit disappointed. I wanted a thorough convincing account of
this transformation and am not convinced
I actually prefer Caroline Bugler's and Desmond Morris's's pictorial
history and individual books like Roger Caras, A Cat is watching you.
Both sessions on cats at the virtual 18th century conference had paper
from dismaying to disappointing. It was af if they dreaded to be seen
as sentimental -- they were not interested in cats in the era at all
for real
Ellen