Species Matters: Humane Advocacy and Cultural Theory
Why has the academy struggled to link advocacy for animals to advocacy for various human groups? Within cultural studies, in which advocacy can take the form of a theoretical intervention, scholars have resisted arguments that add “species” to race, class, gender, sexuality, disability, and other human-identity categories as a site for critical analysis. Species Matters considers whether cultural studies should pay more attention to animal advocacy and whether, in turn, animal studies should pay more attention to questions raised by cultural theory. The contributors to this volume explore these issues particularly in relation to the “humane” treatment of animals and various human groups and the implications, both theoretical and practical, of blurring the distinction between “the human” and “the animal.” They address important questions raised by the history of representing humans as the only animal capable of acting humanely and provide a framework for reconsidering the nature of humane discourse, whether in theory, literary and cultural texts, or current advocacy movements outside of the academy.
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DeKoven Marianne (Article author), Adams Carol J. (Article author), Haraway Donna (Article author), Lundblad Michael (Article author), Wolfe Cary (Article author), Grandin Temple (Article author), Nussbaum Martha Craven (Article author), Cavalieri Paola (Article author)
New York City
2012
230 pages
9780231152839
Open stacks
No
No
701.18 Lun
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