LEADER 04633oam 2200685I 450 001 9910545197603321 005 20190327110701.0 010 $a0-429-59199-3 010 $a0-429-06142-0 010 $a0-429-59005-9 024 7 $a10.4324/9780429061424 035 $a(CKB)4100000007649397 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5683699 035 $a(OCoLC)1085348579 035 $a(OCoLC-P)1085348579 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9780429061424 035 $a(ScCtBLL)3345fc70-0d49-451e-9469-11b6baeea7d7 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/78178 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007649397 100 $a20190211d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||unuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHuman minds and animal stories $ehow narratives make us care about other species /$fWojciech Ma?ecki, Piotr Sorokowski, Bogus?aw Paw?owski, and Marcin Cien?ski 205 $a1 ed. 210 $cTaylor & Francis$d2019 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group,$d[2019] 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (201 pages) 225 1 $aRoutledge studies in world literatures and the environment 311 $a0-367-14604-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTexts, statistics, and deception: on our investigative method -- A monkey, a book, and Facebook, or how to catch a story in the act -- Does it matter if it is true? on slaughterhouses, fiction, and non-fiction -- Does it matter how it is told? on species, stylistics, and voices -- Does it matter who it is about? on chimpanzees, lizards, and other main characters -- How does it work? from readerly pleasure to animal cruelty -- How long will it work? a short chapter on attitudinal impact over time -- Conclusions, speculations, and prospects -- Appendices. 330 $aThe power of stories to raise our concern for animals has been postulated throughout history by countless scholars, activists, and writers, including such greats as Thomas Hardy and Leo Tolstoy. This is the first book to investigate that power and explain the psychological and cultural mechanisms behind it. It does so by presenting the results of an experimental project that involved thousands of participants, texts representing various genres and national literatures, and the cooperation of an internationally-acclaimed bestselling author. Combining psychological research with insights from animal studies, ecocriticism and other fields in the environmental humanities, the book not only provides evidence that animal stories can make us care for other species, but also shows that their effects are more complex and fascinating than we have ever thought. In this way, the book makes a groundbreaking contribution to the study of relations between literature and the nonhuman world as well as to the study of how literature changes our minds and society. "As witnessed by novels like Black Beauty and Uncle Tom's Cabin, a good story can move public opinion on contentious social issues. In Human Minds and Animal Stories a team of specialists in psychology, biology, and literature tells how they discovered the power of narratives to shift our views about the treatment of other species. Beautifully written and based on dozens of experiments with thousands of subjects, this book will appeal to animal advocates, researchers, and general readers looking for a compelling real-life detective story." - Hal Herzog, author of Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat : Why It's So Hard To Think Straight About Animals 410 0$aRoutledge studies in world literatures and the environment. 606 $aHuman-animal relationships 606 $aInterdisciplinary research 606 $aHuman-animal relationships in literature 606 $aAnimals in literature 610 $aAnthologies: general 610 $aLiterature: history and criticism 610 $aConservation of the environment 610 $aEnvironmental science, engineering and technology 615 0$aHuman-animal relationships. 615 0$aInterdisciplinary research. 615 0$aHuman-animal relationships in literature. 615 0$aAnimals in literature. 676 $a304.2/7 700 $aMa?ecki$b Wojciech$01242429 702 $aSorokowski$b Piotr 702 $aPaw?owski$b Bogus?aw 702 $aCien?ski$b Marcin 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910545197603321 996 $aHuman minds and animal stories$92882027 997 $aUNINA