Critical animal studies : an introduction /

"Having roots as a specialized philosophical movement at Oxford University in the early 1970s, critical animal studies is now taking shape as a wide-open, multidisciplinary endeavor through which scholars across the humanities, sciences, and social sciences, and others ranging from creative wri...

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Main Author: McCance, Dawne, 1944-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, ©2013.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781461919407
1461919401
1438445369
9781438445366
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Animal liberation on the factory farm
  • Animal rights in the wild
  • Animal experimentation: in the lab and on the farm
  • The death of "the animal": what's in a word?
  • Open the cages: animots and zoos
  • Feminist contributions to critical animal studies
  • Killing and eating animals: perspectives from world religions
  • The subject of ethics: cultural studies, art, architecture, and literature
  • Turning points.