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Human degradation of the environment has been documented by
scholars across a range of disciplines: the global temperature of
the planet continues to rise, abandoned industrial sites stain once
vibrant communities, and questions about the purity of our water
and foods linger. In the shadow of these material conditions,
concerned citizens have reacted by issuing critiques against
careless consumerism and excessive lifestyles. Their hope is to
illustrate and inspire alternative ways of living. As part of such
efforts and activism, some have turned to performance as a means to
investigate matters further, pose challenges and questions, and
enact new ways of being and thinking in a globalized world.
Performance on Behalf of the Environment is a collection of essays
from a diverse group of scholars that explore critically the
strengths, limitations, and processes of what can be termed
environmental performances.
Queer Media Images: LGBT Perspectives presents fifteen chapters
that address how the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered
communities are depicted in the media. This collection focuses on
how the LGBT community has been silenced or given voice through the
media. Through a study of queer media images, this book scrutinizes
LGBT media representations and how these representations contribute
to a dialogue about civil rights for this marginalized community.
While the communication discipline has been open to the LGBT
community, there has been an absence of published research and a
marginalizing or tokenizing of the queer voice. Through a study of
media representations, this unique collection provides a snapshot
into the issues surrounding LGBT identity during a time when the
Defense of Marriage Act is called into question and explores what
it means to study images through a queer lens.
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Arguments about Animal Ethics (Paperback)
Greg Goodale, Jason Edward Black; Contributions by Wendy Atkins-Sayre, Renee S. Besel, Richard D. Besel, …
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R1,758
Discovery Miles 17 580
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Bringing together the expertise of rhetoricians in English and
communication as well as media studies scholars, Arguments about
Animal Ethics delves into the rhetorical and discursive practices
of participants in controversies over the use of nonhuman animals
for meat, entertainment, fur, and vivisection. Both sides of the
debate are carefully analyzed, as the contributors examine how
stakeholders persuade or fail to persuade audiences about the
ethics of animal rights or the value of using animals. The essays
in this volume cover a wide range of topics, such as the campaigns
waged by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (including the
sexy vegetarian and nude campaigns), greyhound activists, the
Corolla Wild Horse Fund, food manufacturers, and the biomedical
research industry, as well as communication across the
human-nonhuman animal boundary and the failure of the animal rights
movement to protest research into genetically modifying living
beings. Arguments about Animal Ethics' insightful analysis of the
animal rights movement will appeal to communication scholars, as
well as those interested in social change.
Queer Media Images: LGBT Perspectives presents fifteen chapters
that address how the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered
communities are depicted in the media. This collection focuses on
how the LGBT community has been silenced or given voice through the
media. Through a study of queer media images, this book scrutinizes
LGBT media representations and how these representations contribute
to a dialogue about civil rights for this marginalized community.
While the communication discipline has been open to the LGBT
community, there has been an absence of published research and a
marginalizing or tokenizing of the queer voice. Through a study of
media representations, this unique collection provides a snapshot
into the issues surrounding LGBT identity during a time when the
Defense of Marriage Act is called into question and explores what
it means to study images through a queer lens.
Bringing together the expertise of rhetoricians in English and
communication as well as media studies scholars, Arguments about
Animal Ethics delves into the rhetorical and discursive practices
of participants in controversies over the use of nonhuman animals
for meat, entertainment, fur, and vivisection. Both sides of the
debate are carefully analyzed, as the contributors examine how
stakeholders persuade or fail to persuade audiences about the
ethics of animal rights or the value of using animals. The essays
in this volume cover a wide range of topics, such as the campaigns
waged by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (including the
sexy vegetarian and nude campaigns), greyhound activists, the
Corolla Wild Horse Fund, food manufacturers, and the biomedical
research industry, as well as communication across the
human-nonhuman animal boundary and the failure of the animal rights
movement to protest research into genetically modifying living
beings. Arguments about Animal Ethics' insightful analysis of the
animal rights movement will appeal to communication scholars, as
well as those interested in social change.
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