Human, all too human:“Animal studies” and the humanities
C Wolfe - pmla, 2009 - cambridge.org
Trying to give an overview of the burgeoning area known as animal studies is, if you'll permit
me the expression, a bit like herding cats. My recourse to that analogy is meant to suggest …
me the expression, a bit like herding cats. My recourse to that analogy is meant to suggest …
The Gender, Place and Culture Jan Monk Distinguished Annual Lecture: Feminism and animals: exploring interspecies relations through intersectionality …
AJ Hovorka - Gender, Place & Culture, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This article explores the ways and extent to which feminism helps investigate interspecies
relations and the lives of animals in academic scholarship. It argues that animals need …
relations and the lives of animals in academic scholarship. It argues that animals need …
Animal research nexus: a new approach to the connections between science, health and animal welfare
Animals used in biological research and testing have become integrated into the trajectories
of modern biomedicine, generating increased expectations for and connections between …
of modern biomedicine, generating increased expectations for and connections between …
Guest Column: Why Animals Now?
M DeKoven - PMLA, 2009 - cambridge.org
Myrtle Wilson, Tom Buchanan's working-class lover in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby,
wants “one of those police dogs” as an ornament “for the apartment,” because “they are nice …
wants “one of those police dogs” as an ornament “for the apartment,” because “they are nice …
Colonizing elephants: animal agency, undead capital and imperial science in British Burma
J Saha - Bjhs Themes, 2017 - cambridge.org
Elephants were vital agents of empire. In British Burma their unique abilities made them
essential workers in the colony's booming teak industry. Their labour was integral to the …
essential workers in the colony's booming teak industry. Their labour was integral to the …
Among the beasts of Burma: animals and the politics of colonial sensibilities, c. 1840–1940
J Saha - Journal of Social History, 2015 - academic.oup.com
According to imperial writings, the Burmese were too close to animals, both physically and
emotionally. It was claimed that some Burmese people had innate connections to animals …
emotionally. It was claimed that some Burmese people had innate connections to animals …
Speciesism, identity politics, and ecocriticism: A conversation with humanists and posthumanists
Lucinda Cole: In his 2003 book, Animal Rites: American Culture, the Discourse of Species,
and Posthumanist Theory, Cary Wolfe attempts to develop a posthuman-ist account of the …
and Posthumanist Theory, Cary Wolfe attempts to develop a posthuman-ist account of the …
“The World the Horses Made”: A South African Case Study of Writing Animals into Social History
S Swart - International Review of Social History, 2010 - cambridge.org
This paper explores new ways to write history that engages with the lives of animals. It offers
a sample card of how social history can be enriched by focusing on history from an animal …
a sample card of how social history can be enriched by focusing on history from an animal …
Cockfight nationalism: Blood sport and the moral politics of American empire and nation building
JM Davis - American Quarterly, 2013 - muse.jhu.edu
This essay explores the symbiotic relationship between animal welfare and ideologies of
nation building and exceptionalism during a series of struggles over cockfighting in the new …
nation building and exceptionalism during a series of struggles over cockfighting in the new …
Animal roles and traces in the history of medicine, c. 1880–1980
A Cassidy, RM Dentinger, K Schoefert, A Woods - BJHS themes, 2017 - cambridge.org
This paper argues for the need to create a more animal-centred history of medicine, in which
animals are considered not simply as the backdrop for human history, but as medical …
animals are considered not simply as the backdrop for human history, but as medical …