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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 inextr...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Adams, Carol J. (Editor , Contribuidor), Birke, Lynda (Contribuidor), Luke, Brian (Contribuidor), Antonio, Diane (Contribuidor), Donovan, Josephine (Editor , Contribuidor), Dunayer, Joan (Contribuidor), Francione, Gary L (Contribuidor), Davis, Karen (Contribuidor), Kheel, Marti (Contribuidor), Vance, Linda (Contribuidor), Comninou, Maria (Contribuidor), Scholtmeijer, Marian (Contribuidor), Abbott, Reginald (Contribuidor), Kappeler, Susann (Contribuidor), Woolf, Virginia (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, [1995]
Temas:
Animal rights.
Animal welfare.
Feminist theory.
Animal Rights.
Ecofeminism.
animal advocacy.
animal liberation.
deep ecology.
environmental ethics.
psychological roots of violence.
speciesism.
speciesist.
violence against animals.
violence against women.
violence and male dominance.
NATURE / Animal Rights.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I Sexism/Speciesism: Interlocking Oppressions
  • I Sexist Words, Speciesist Roots
  • 2 Exploring the Boundaries: Feminism, Animals, and Science
  • 3 Carol J. Adams Woman-Battering and Harm to Animals
  • 4 License to Kill: An Ecofeminist Critique of Hunters' Discourse
  • 5 Speech, Pornography, and Hunting
  • 6 Abortion and Animal Rights: Are They Comparable Issues?
  • Part 2 Alternative Stories
  • 7 Beyond Just-So Stories: Narrative, Animals, and Ethics
  • 8 Thinking Like a Chicken: Farm Animals and the Feminine Connection
  • 9 Of Wolves and Women
  • 10 The Power of Otherness: Animals in Women's Fiction
  • II Birds Don't Sing in Greek: Virginia Woolf and "The Plumage Bill"
  • Appendix: "The Plumage Bill"
  • 12 Taming Ourselves or Going Feral? Toward a Nonpatriarchal Metaethic of Animal Liberation
  • 13 Speciesism, Racism, Nationalism ... or the Power of Scientific Subjectivity
  • Bibliography of Feminist Approaches to Animal Issues
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index

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