Animal (Paperback)

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 "Charlotte's 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 children's 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?
Neither evangelical nor proselytizing, "Animal" invites the reader to think beyond the boundaries of a subject that has a direct effect on our day-to-day lives.

General

Imprint:	Reaktion Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	FOCI
Release date:	September 2002
First published:	October 2004
Authors:	Erica Fudge
Dimensions:	208 x 146 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	182
ISBN-13:	978-1-86189-134-1
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Promotions
LSN:	1-86189-134-2
Barcode:	9781861891341

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