Human and other animals : critical perspectives
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Human and other animals : critical perspectives
Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
- : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Human-animal connections : an introduction / Bob Carter and Nickie Charles
- pt. 1. The eternal return of sociology's repressed biological unconscious / Steve Fuller
- Animal practices / John Law and Mara Miele
- pt. 2. My family and other animals : pets as kin / Nickie Charles and Charlotte Aull Davies
- Contested meanings and canine bodies / Claire Molloy
- The discursive representation of nonhuman animals in a culture of denial / Karen Morgan and Matthew Cole
- Human primacy identity politics, nonhuman animal experiments and the oppression of nonhuman animals / Kay Peggs
- 'Most farmers prefer blondes' : social intersectionality and species relations / Erika Cudworth
- A good kill : socio-technical organisations of farm animal slaughter / Marc Higgin, Adrian Evans and Mara Miele
- An improper nature? : introduced animals and 'species cleansing' in Australia / Adrian Franklin
- On the prowl with the possum posse : nature and nation in Aotearoa/New Zealand / Pyrs Gruffudd
- Power, agency and a different future / Bob Carter and Nickie Charles
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- List of Tables, Figures and Photographs 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 Intersectionality and Species Relations
- E.Cudworth A Good Kill: Socio-technical Organisations of Farm Animal Slaughter
- M.Higgin, A.Evans & M.Miele An Improper Nature: Introduced Animals and 'Species Cleansing' in Australia
- A.Franklin On the Prowl with the Possum Posse: Nature and Nation in Aotearoa/New Zealand
- P.Gruffudd Power, Agency and a Different Future
- B.Carter & N.Charles Index
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