Critical Animal Studies and Activism

Anthony J. Nocella II, Ph.D., (they/he) long-time intersectional total liberation scholar-activist, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at Salt Lake Community College. He is the editor of the Peace Studies Journal, Transformative Justice Journal, and co-editor of five book series including Critical Animal Studies and Theory and Hip Hop Studies and Activism. He is the National Director of Save the Kids and Executive Director of the Institute for Critical Animal Studies. He has published over fifty book chapters or articles and forty books. He has been interviewed by The New York Times, Washington Post, Houston Chronicles, Fresno Bee, Fox, CBS, CNN, C-SPAN, and Los Angeles Times.Richard J. White, Ph.D., is Reader/Associate Professor in Human Geography at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. Greatly influenced by anarchist praxis Richard’s main research agenda explores a range of ethical and economic landscapes rooted in the intersectional contexts of social justice and total liberation movements. He has co-edited Vegan Geographies (2022); The Radicalization of Pedagogy, Theories of Resistance, The Practice of Freedom (all 2016); and Anarchism and Animal Liberation (2015).

“Critical Animal Studies and Activism is a vital and timely book that is essential reading for scholars and activists wanting to fully understand the growing intersectional movement for human, animal, and Earth liberation. In these dark times, a radical understanding of Critical Animal Studies is needed more than ever.”—Dr. Will Boisseau, Member, Board of Directors, Institute for Critical Animal Studies

• Acknowledgements – Danni McGhee: Foreword – S. Marek Muller: Preface – Richard J. White/Anthony J. Nocella II: Introduction – Alex Hinchcliffe/Richard J. White: Bearing Witness to the Animal Condition. Exploring the Complex Motivations, Experiences and Coping- Strategies of Sheffield Save Movement Activists (UK) – María Marta Andreatta: Performing Veganism: Building Bridges amongst Academia, Activism, and Community – Anja Radaljac/Aljaž Krivec: Becoming Vegan in Slovenia: Some Reflections on Theory and Activism – Nathan Grande: Strategic Empathy, Intra-Sectional Demonstrations, and Animal Activism: In Pursuit of Total Liberation – Kiana Avlon: Challenging the Ideologies behind the Animal Agricultural Industry: A Case for Critical Animal Studies and Ecofeminism – Carlos Garcia: ‘Before We Talk about Freedom: Let Us Free Our Slaves’: An Activist’s Reflections on Anarchism, Non-human Animals and Total Liberation – Terry Hurtado: Animal Victims in the Colombian War – Erica von Essen/Michael Allen: Cow Releases as Staged Liberations in Agri-Tourism – Tony Quintana: Afterword – Contributors’ Biographies – Index.