Animals and Women: Feminist Theoretical Explorations - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0822316676 ISBN 13: 9780822316671

Publisher: Duke University Press, 1995

Synopsis

Animals and Women "Animals and Women" is a collection of pioneering essays that explores the theoretical connections between feminism and animal defense. Offering a feminist perspective on the status of animals, this unique volume argues persuasively that both the social construction and oppressions of women are inextricably connected to the ways in which we comprehend and abuse other species. Furthermore, it demon... Full description

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Review:

"This is an outstanding collection. The authors write expertly on the surprisingly intimate relation between attitudes toward animals and women in our culture. From reading their work on pornography, the treatment of laboratory animals, hunting, wife-beating, and factory farming I have learned a tremendous amount. This superbly edited volume makes an important contribution to the cause of animal and human liberation."--Jane Tompkins, Duke University"

From the Author:

Carol J. Adams is a writer and a professional consultant on issues of sexual harassment and sexual violence. She is the author of several books, including The Sexual Politics of Meat and, most recently, Neither Man nor Beast.

Josephine Donovan is Professor of English at the University of Maine, Orono. She is the author of many books, including Feminist Theory and the editor of Feminist Literary Criticism.

About this edition

• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0822316676
• ISBN 13: 9780822316671
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 392
• Editor: Adams