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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456941503321

Titolo

Considering animals : contemporary studies in human-animal relations / / edited by Carol Freeman, Elizabeth Leane, and Yvette Watt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-25959-1

1-283-11527-1

9786613115270

0-7546-9863-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FreemanCarol

LeaneElizabeth

WattYvette

Disciplina

179.3-dc22

304.2/7

Soggetti

Human-animal relationships

Human-animal relationships - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Introduction; Part 1 Image; 1 Contemporary Art and Animal Rights; 2 Marching on Thin Ice: The Politics of Penguin Films; 4 Naming and the Unspeakable: Representations of Animal Deaths in Some Recent South African Print Media; 5 Possum Magic, Possum Menace: Wildlife Control and the Demonisation of Cuteness; PART 2 Ethics; 6 Pleasure's Moral Worth; 7 The Nature of the Experimental Animal: Evolution, Vivisection, and the Victorian Environment

8 "Room on the Ark?": The Symbolic Nature of U.S. Pet Evacuation Statutes for Nonhuman Animals9 Making Animals Matter: Why the Art World Needs to Rethink the Representation of Animals; PART 3 Agency; 10 The Speech of Dumb Beasts; 11 Extinction, Representation, Agency: The Case of the Dodo; 12 Cetaceans and Sentiment; 13 Zones of Contagion: The Singapore Body Politic and the Body of the Street-Cat; 14 When Is Nature Not?; Bibliography; Index



Sommario/riassunto

Taking their cue from the specific ""animal moments"" that punctuate our relationships with nonhuman animals, experts from the biological sciences, humanities, and social sciences engage with issues and debates central to human-animal studies. Considering Animals brings together contemporary international case studies from across the globe that examine our interactions with animals. Given current discussions about the status of animals and the widespread extinction of species, this is an important and timely collection.