Screen LibraryHuman and other animals critical perspectives /
This collection examines human-animal relations and the different ways in which they can be understood, exploring animal rights and animal welfare; whether and under what circumstances animals are regarded as social actors with agency; media representations of human-animal relations; and the relatio...
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230321366 |
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This collection examines human-animal relations and the different ways in which they can be understood, exploring animal rights and animal welfare; whether and under what circumstances animals are regarded as social actors with agency; media representations of human-animal relations; and the relation between animals and national identity. |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9780230246591, 2011. |
| Carrier Form: | 264 p. |
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9780230246591 9780230321366 : 0230321364 : |
| CLC: | I712.45 |
| Contents: | List of Tables, Figures and Photos Acknowledgements Human-animal connections: An Introduction-- B.Carter & N.Charles PART I The Eternal Return of Sociology's Repressed Biological Unconscious-- S.Fuller Animal Practices-- J.Law & M.Miele PART II My Family and Other Animals: Pets as Kin-- N.Charles & C.Davies Contested Meanings and Canine Bodies-- C.Molloy The Discursive Representation of Non-human Animals in a Culture of Denial-- K.Morgan & M.Cole Human Primacy Identity Politics, Nonhuman Animal Experiments and the Oppression of Nonhuman Animals-- K.Peggs 'Most Farmers Prefer Blondes': Social |