Animal Alterity

Animal Alterity
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Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Total Pages : 289
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ISBN-10 : 9781846312342
ISBN-13 : 1846312345
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Book Synopsis Animal Alterity by : Sherryl Vint

Download or read book Animal Alterity written by Sherryl Vint and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animal Alterity uses readings of science fiction texts to explore how animals are central to our perception of humanity. Arguing that the academic field of animal studies and the popular genre of science fiction share a number a critical concerns, Sherryl Vint expresses an urgent need to reconsider the human-animal boundary in a world of genetic engineering, factory farming, species extinctions, and increasing evidence of animal intelligence, emotions, and tool use. Mapping the complex terrain of human relations with non-human animals, this book offers an important intervention into the contentious ongoing discussions of the post-human.


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