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Animal Geographies: Place, Politics and Identity in the Nature-Culture Borderlands
Each year billions of animals are poisoned, dissected, displaced, killed for consumption, or held in captivity—usually for the benefit of humans. The animal world has never been under greater peril and this broad-ranging collection contributes to a much-needed, fundamental rethinking about our relation with it.
Animal Geographies explores the diverse ways in which animals shape the formation of human identity. Essays on zoos and wolves, for example, reveal how animals figure in social constructions of race, gender, and nationality. From questions of identity and subjectivity, it moves to a consideration of the places where people and animals confront the realities of coexistence on an everyday basis, by way of case studies of species such as mountain lions and the golden eagle. It then examines the ways in which animals figure in the ongoing globalization of production and mass consumption—illustrated by essays on the US meatpacking industry and meat production in the Indian state of Rajasthan—and finally, takes up legal and ethical approaches to human-animal relations.
Animal Geographies compels a profound rethinking of the nature of human-animal relations and offers a series of proposals for reconstituting this relationship on a progressive basis.
Kay Anderson, Glen Elder, Andrea Gullo, Unna Lassiter, William S. Lynn, Suzanne M. Michel, Chris Philo, James D. Proctor, Paul Robbins, Frances M. Ufkes, James L. Wescoat, Jr.
Animal Geographies explores the diverse ways in which animals shape the formation of human identity. Essays on zoos and wolves, for example, reveal how animals figure in social constructions of race, gender, and nationality. From questions of identity and subjectivity, it moves to a consideration of the places where people and animals confront the realities of coexistence on an everyday basis, by way of case studies of species such as mountain lions and the golden eagle. It then examines the ways in which animals figure in the ongoing globalization of production and mass consumption—illustrated by essays on the US meatpacking industry and meat production in the Indian state of Rajasthan—and finally, takes up legal and ethical approaches to human-animal relations.
Animal Geographies compels a profound rethinking of the nature of human-animal relations and offers a series of proposals for reconstituting this relationship on a progressive basis.
Kay Anderson, Glen Elder, Andrea Gullo, Unna Lassiter, William S. Lynn, Suzanne M. Michel, Chris Philo, James D. Proctor, Paul Robbins, Frances M. Ufkes, James L. Wescoat, Jr.
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336 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1998
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April 11, 2014
Do not let the fact that it seemingly took me 7 years to read this book dissuade you. This is a collection of essays, which I read one at a time, savoring and heavily outlining each, as the spirit moved me. I read a few of the essays more than once, just to make sure I got everything I could from each.
I STRONGLY recommend this collection as an antidote to the tendency, among animal advocates, to neglect the complexities of place.
I offer sincere thanks to the editors and contributors of this volume, which represents a significant contribution to the field of critical animal studies. I fear that, since it was published just before the current wave of interest in CAS gained momentum, it might be neglected by students and scholars in that field. Don't make that mistake. Get yourself a copy and dive in. Even if you only choose to read a couple of the chapters, it will be well worth the investment!
I STRONGLY recommend this collection as an antidote to the tendency, among animal advocates, to neglect the complexities of place.
I offer sincere thanks to the editors and contributors of this volume, which represents a significant contribution to the field of critical animal studies. I fear that, since it was published just before the current wave of interest in CAS gained momentum, it might be neglected by students and scholars in that field. Don't make that mistake. Get yourself a copy and dive in. Even if you only choose to read a couple of the chapters, it will be well worth the investment!
October 8, 2021
A fantastic collection of essays. Each one has a different focus that slowly walks you through the place-based notions of human/other animals interactions. It's a book that will change the way you think and change the lens through which you see the world. The subtitle is very accurate: Place, Politics, and Itentity in the Nature-Culture Borderlands. I was wowed by this book.
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