Gender Animals |
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| Editor:
| Hoogland, Renee C.
Parreñas, Juno Salazar |
| Series title: | Gender Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-02-866316-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2017 |
| Publisher: | Cengage Gale
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| Imprint: | Macmillan Reference USA |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $207.00 |
Book Description:
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This volume of the Macmillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks series on gender studies engages feminist, queer, and transgender perspectives on animals. Gender: Animals traces how non-human and human animals are crucial subjects in gender studies, especially when it comes to understanding matters of life and death, difference and diversity, carnality, and representation. Its 21 chapters examine such topics as feminist food politics, veterinary care, zoos, microbes, breeding, chattel...
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This volume of the Macmillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks series on gender studies engages feminist, queer, and transgender perspectives on animals. Gender: Animals traces how non-human and human animals are crucial subjects in gender studies, especially when it comes to understanding matters of life and death, difference and diversity, carnality, and representation. Its 21 chapters examine such topics as feminist food politics, veterinary care, zoos, microbes, breeding, chattel slavery, industrial slaughter, and animal internet stardom. Chapters are written by eminent scholars, are peer reviewed, include illustrations, and offer bibliographies to encourage further research. The volume concludes with a glossary and a comprehensive index.