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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