|
|
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Animals & society > General
"Who Speaks for Earthlings?" is a collection of Richard J Deboo's
articles, poems and speeches primarily, but not exclusively, on the
subject of animal rights. Always full of passion and utterly
committed to justice, compassion and love for all lives the
writings collected here will inspire and inform; by turns playful,
resolute, determined and angry, Richard's words shine a bright,
blazing candle on the lies and hypocrisy at the heart of the animal
abuse industries of animal farming, research and the exploitation
of animals in sport and entertainment. As a species we commit many
cruel and unimaginably violent and brutal acts against our fellow
Earthlings, but these writings show that we can do things another
way - we can think and live differently. In so doing we can change
the world, not only for ourselves but for all those who share this
Earth with us.
Living with Animals is a collection of imagined animal guides-a
playful and accessible look at different human-animal relationships
around the world. Anthropologists and their co-authors have written
accounts of how humans and animals interact in labs, in farms, in
zoos, and in African forests, among other places. Modeled after the
classic A World of Babies, an edited collection of imagined Dr.
Spock manuals from around the world-With Animals focuses on
human-animal relationships in their myriad forms. This is
ethnographic fiction for those curious about how animals are used
for a variety of different tasks around the world. To be sure,
animal guides are not a universal genre, so Living with Animals
offers an imaginative solution, doing justice to the ways details
about animals are conveyed in culturally specific ways by adopting
a range of voices and perspectives. How we capitalize on animals,
how we live with them, and how humans attempt to control the
untamable nature around them are all considered by the authors of
this wild read. If you have ever experienced a moment of "what if"
curiosity-what is it like to be a gorilla in a zoo, to work in a
pig factory farm, to breed cows and horses, this book is for you. A
light-handed and light-hearted approach to a fascinating and
nuanced subject, Living with Animals suggests many ways in which we
can and do coexist with our non-human partners on Earth.
Living with Animals is a collection of imagined animal guides-a
playful and accessible look at different human-animal relationships
around the world. Anthropologists and their co-authors have written
accounts of how humans and animals interact in labs, in farms, in
zoos, and in African forests, among other places. Modeled after the
classic A World of Babies, an edited collection of imagined Dr.
Spock manuals from around the world-With Animals focuses on
human-animal relationships in their myriad forms. This is
ethnographic fiction for those curious about how animals are used
for a variety of different tasks around the world. To be sure,
animal guides are not a universal genre, so Living with Animals
offers an imaginative solution, doing justice to the ways details
about animals are conveyed in culturally specific ways by adopting
a range of voices and perspectives. How we capitalize on animals,
how we live with them, and how humans attempt to control the
untamable nature around them are all considered by the authors of
this wild read. If you have ever experienced a moment of "what if"
curiosity-what is it like to be a gorilla in a zoo, to work in a
pig factory farm, to breed cows and horses, this book is for you. A
light-handed and light-hearted approach to a fascinating and
nuanced subject, Living with Animals suggests many ways in which we
can and do coexist with our non-human partners on Earth.
 |
Pig
(Paperback)
Brett Mizelle
|
R432
R393
Discovery Miles 3 930
Save R39 (9%)
|
Ships in 9 - 17 working days
|
|
|
Curly tails, snouts, trotters, 'oinks', mud and unpleasant smells -
these are the cliches of the pig. With their varied roles as
sources of food, as pets and in medical testing, pigs have been
materially and culturally associated with humans for thousands of
years. Today there are more than one billion pigs on the planet,
and there are countless representations of pigs and 'piggishness'
circulating through the cultures of the world. Pig provides a
richly illustrated, compelling look at the long, complicated
relationship between humans and these highly intelligent, sociable
animals. In his insightful book, Brett Mizelle traces the natural
and cultural history of the pig, focusing on the contradictions
between our imaginative representation of pigs and the ways in
which pigs are actually used as meat, experimental material and the
source of hundreds of consumer products. Pig begins with the
evolution of the suidae, animals that were domesticated in many
regions 9,000 years ago, and points toward a future where pigs and
humans are even more closely intertwined thanks to breakthroughs in
biomedical research. Pig also examines the widespread art,
entertainment and literature that has imagined human kinship with
pigs, and the development of modern industrial pork production,
which has removed living pigs from our everyday lives. In charting
how humans have shaped the pig and how the pig has shaped us,
Mizelle focuses on the unresolved contradictions between our
imaginary and lived relations with pigs. Pig will appeal to those
with a love for all things pig and for animals in general.
|
|