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Animal / Erica Fudge.
- Title
- Animal / Erica Fudge.
- Author
- Fudge, Erica.
- Publication
- London : Reaktion Books, 2002.
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Details
- Description
- 182 p. : ill.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- "From the pet that we live with and care for, to news items such as animal cloning, and the use of various creatures in film, television and advertising, animals are a constant presence in our lives.
- Animal is a timely overview of the many ways in which we live with animals, and assesses many of the paradoxes of our relationships with them: for example, why is the pet that sits by the dinner table never for eating? Examining novels such as Charlottes̆̀́ Web, films such as Old Yeller and Babe, science and advertising, fashion and philosophy, Animal also evaluates the ways in which we think about animals and challenges a number of the assumptions we hold. Why is it, for example, that animals are such a constant presence in childrens̆̀́ literature? And what does it mean to wear fake fur? Is fake fur an ethical avoidance of animal suffering, or merely a sanitized version of the unacceptable use of animals as clothing?"--pub. desc.
- Series Statement
- Focus on contemporary issues
- Uniform Title
- Focus on contemporary issues.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-[180]).
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Visible and Invisible: Questions of Recognition -- Real and Symbolic: Questions of Difference -- Intelligence and Instinct: Questions of Power.
- ISBN
- 1861891342
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library