![]() Carol Freeman, Elizabeth Leane, and Yvette Watt have asserted their right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the editors of this work. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. ![]() © The editors and contributors 2011 All rights reserved. This page has been left blank intentionallyĮdited by Carol Freeman, University of Tasmania, Australia Elizabeth Leane, University of Tasmania, Australia and Yvette Watt University of Tasmania, Australia Written in an accessible and jargon-free style, this collection demonstrates that, in the face of species extinction and environmental destruction, the roles and fates of animals are too important to be left to any one academic discipline. From Marc Bekoff’s moving preface through to the last essay, Considering Animals foregrounds the frequent, sometimes uncanny, exchanges with other species that disturb our self-contained existences and bring into focus our troubled relationships with them. ![]() Case studies focus on issues such as animal emotion and human “sentimentality” the representation of animals in contemporary art and in recent films such as March of the Penguins, Happy Feet, and Grizzly Man animals’ experiences in catastrophic events such as Hurricane Katrina and the SARS outbreak and the danger of overvaluing the role humans play in the earth’s ecosystems. Taking their cue from the specific “animal moments” that punctuate these interactions, the essays engage with contemporary issues and debates central to human-animal studies: the representation of animals, the practical and ethical issues inseparable from human interactions with other species, and, perhaps most challengingly, the compelling evidence that animals are themselves considering beings. Written in an accessible and jargon-free style, this collection demonstrates that, in the face of species extinction and environmental destruction, the roles and fates of animals are too important to be left to any one academic discipline.Ĭonsidering Animals Contemporary Studies in Human–Animal RelationsĮdited by Carol Freeman, Elizabeth Leane, and Yvette WattĬonsidering Animals draws on the expertise of scholars trained in the biological sciences, humanities, and social sciences to investigate the complex and contradictory relationships humans have with nonhuman animals. From Marc Bekoff's moving preface through to the last essay, "Considering Animals" foregrounds the frequent, sometimes uncanny, exchanges with other species that disturb our self-contained existences and bring into focus our troubled relationships with them. ![]() Case studies focus on issues such as animal emotion and human 'sentimentality' the representation of animals in contemporary art and in recent films such as March of the Penguins, Happy Feet, and Grizzly Man animals' experiences in catastrophic events such as Hurricane Katrina and the SARS outbreak and, the danger of overvaluing the role humans play in the earth's ecosystems. Taking their cue from the specific 'animal moments' that punctuate these interactions, the essays engage with contemporary issues and debates central to human-animal studies: the representation of animals, the practical and ethical issues inseparable from human interactions with other species, and, perhaps most challengingly, the compelling evidence that animals are themselves considering beings. Considering Animals draws on the expertise of scholars trained in the biological sciences, humanities, and social sciences to investigate the complex and contradictory relationships humans have with nonhuman animals.
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