Room on the Ark?: The Symbolic Nature of U.S. Pet Evacuation Statues for Nonhuman Animals
Format
Book Chapter
Book Title
Considering Animals: Contemporary Studies in Human-Animal Relations
Editor
Editors Carol Freedman, Elizabeth Leane, and Yvette Watt
First Page
252 pages
Files
Description
Book Summary:
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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
ISBN
9781409400134
Publication Date
1-1-2011
City
Boston, MA
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing Ltd.
Keywords
Animals & Ethics, Cultural Geography
Disciplines
Law
Recommended Citation
Baum, Marsha. "Room on the Ark?: The Symbolic Nature of U.S. Pet Evacuation Statues for Nonhuman Animals." Considering Animals: Contemporary Studies in Human-Animal Relations (2011): 252 pages. https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/law_facbookdisplay/91
