Animal Publics – serie
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13 produkter
Engaging with Animals
Interpretations of a Shared Existence
Av Georgette Leah Burns, Mandy Paterson
Häftad, 2014
243 kr
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Experts in the field of human–animal studies investigate the ways in which humans and other animals interact. While offering different interpretations of the human–non-human interactions, they share a common goal in attempting to find pathways leading to a mutually beneficial and shared …
Cane Toads
A Tale of Sugar, Politics and Flawed Science
Av Nigel Turvey, Fiona Probyn-Rapsey
Häftad, 2013
293 kr
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Cane Toads is about good intentions, unintended consequences and of simple acts leading to catastrophic outcomes. It is about scientists so committed to solving a problem, serving their country, their leaders and the industry that employed them, that they are blinkered to adverse impacts.
Fighting Nature
Travelling Menageries, Animal Acts and War Shows
Av Peta Tait, Fiona Probyn-Rapsey
Häftad, 2016
328 kr
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19th-century menageries reflected a human capacity for fighting, aggression and dominance over nature, and echoed a cultural fascination with war and colonial expansion. Their legacy embedded in society a belief in the human right to exploit other animal species – a belief yet to be defeated.
Animals in the Anthropocene
Critical Perspectives on Non-Human Futures
Häftad, 2015
257 kr
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The term Anthropocene is a useful device for drawing attention to the devastations wreaked by anthropocentrism and for advancing a relational model for human and non-human life. As anthropogenic change affects the more-than-human world, we must accept responsibility for the damage we have caused, …
Animal Welfare in China
Culture, Politics and Crisis
Av Peter J. Li
Häftad, 2021
314 kr
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The plight of animals in China has attracted intense interest in recent times. Speculation about the origins of COVID-19 has sparked curiosity about how animals are treated, traded and consumed in China today.
Flight of Birds
A Novel in Twelve Stories
Av Joshua Lobb
Häftad, 2019
296 kr
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The Flight of Birds is a collection of fictional and ficto-critical stories, presenting encounters with a range of birds. Embedded in the fictional encounters is a philosophical and theoretical investigation into the ways humans engage with birds.
Obaysch
A Hippopotamus in Victorian London
Av John Simons, Fiona Probyn-Rapsey
Häftad, 2019
257 kr
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Obaysch: A Hippopotamus in Victorian London is the story of Obaysch the hippopotamus, the first ‘star’ animal to be exhibited in the London Zoo. Uncovering the circumstances of Obaysch's capture and exhibition, this book investigates the notion of a 'star' animal, as well as the cultural value that …
Meatsplaining
The Animal Agriculture Industry and the Rhetoric of Denial
Av Jason Hannan
Häftad, 2020
343 kr
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'With the global zoonotic pandemic and biodiversity crisis in our hands, this book is timely and extremely valuable in this era of mass extinction.' * Trace: Journal of Human-Animal Studies *
Dingo Bold
The Life and Death of K’gari Dingoes
Häftad, 2021
271 kr
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Dingo Bold Dingo Bold is both a moving memoir of love and loss through Lennox's observations of the natural world and an important contribution to wider conversations about conservation and animal welfare.
Australian Animal Law
Context and Critique
Häftad, 2022
351 kr
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Australian Animal Law: Context and Critique provides comprehensive information about the legal and regulatory framework governing the interaction between humans and animals.By relating specific content areas to the discipline’s broader characteristics and themes, researcher Elizabeth Ellis exposes …
Decolonising Animals
Av Rick De Vos
Häftad, 2023
371 kr
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The lives of non-human animals, their ways of being and seeing, their experiences and knowledge, and their relationships with each other, continue to be ignored, discounted, written over and destroyed by anthropocentric practices and endeavours. Within the vestiges of colonialism, this silence and …
