Animal Subjects 2.0

by Jodey Castricano (Editor), Lauren Corman (Editor)

Overview

Animal Subjects: An Ethical Reader in a Posthuman World (WLU Press, 2008) challenged cultural studies to include nonhuman animals within its purview. While the “question of the animal” ricochets across the academy and reverberates within the public sphere, Animal Subjects 2.0 builds on the previous book and takes stock of this explosive turn. It focuses on both critical animal studies and posthumanism, two intertwining conversations that ask us to reconsider common sense understandings of other animals and what it means to be human.

This collection demonstrates that many pressing contemporary social problems—how and why the oppression and exploitation of our species persist—are entangled with our treatment of other animals and the environment. Decades into the interrogation of our ethical and political responsibilities toward other animals, fissures within the academy deepen as the interest in animal ethics and politics proliferates.

Although ideological fault lines have inspired important debates about how to address the very material concerns informing these theoretical discussions, Animal Subjects 2.0 brings together divergent voices to suggest how to foster richer human–animal relations, and to cultivate new ways of thinking and being with the rest of animalkind. This collection demonstrates that appreciation of difference, not just similarity, is necessary for a more inclusive and compassionate world. Linking issues of gender, disability, culture, race, and sexuality into species, Animal Subjects 2.0 maps vibrant developments in the emergent fields of critical animal studies and posthumanist thought.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781771122108
Publisher:	Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Publication date:	12/10/2016
Series:	Environmental Humanities
Pages:	542
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Jodey Castricano is an associate professor in the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies at the University of British Columbia (Okanagan) and has long been an advocate of animal rights. Research concerns extend to the history of ideas in the nineteenth century, particularly in the context of Darwinian theory and the development of psychoanalysis. Previous publications include Cryptomimesis: The Gothic and Jacques Derrida’s Ghost Writing (2001). and Gothic Subjects: Literature, Film, and Psychoanalysis (2010). She is the editor of Animal Subjects (WLU Press, 2008).

Lauren Corman is an associate professor of sociology at Brock University. She hosted the animal advocacy radio program and podcast Animal Voices, a show linking human and other animal issues, from 2001–2009. She has taught critical animal studies courses over the past six years. Her publications focus on critical animal studies pedagogy, intersectional feminism, and contemporary social theory.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ix

Introduction 1

1 Might Makes Right: The Origins of Ethics and the Use of Animals for Human Ends Rod Preece 27

2 Critical Animals Studies and the Property Debate in Animal Law Maneesha Deckha 45

3 "Popular Affection": Edwin Landseer and Nineteenth-Century Animal Advocacy Campaigns J. Keri Cronin 81

4 "The Animal," Systems, and Structures: An Ecofeminist-Posthumanist Enquiry Rhys Mahannah 109

5 Animal Narrativity: Engaging with Story in a More-Than-Human World Joshua Russell 145

6 Canine Cartography: On the Curious and Queer Pleasures of Being a Dog Peter Hobbs 175

7 Navigating Difference (Again): Animal Ethics and Entangled Empathy Lori Gruen 203

8 All My Relations: Interview with Margaret Robinson Lauren Gorman 229

9 Rampant Compassion: A Tale of Two Anthropomorphisms and the "Trans-species Episteme" of Knowledge-Making Jodey Castricano 249

10 The Limits of the "Human": An Alternative Ethics of Dependence on Animals Kelly Oliver 269

11 Vegans for Vick: Dogtighting, Intersectional Politics, and the Limits of Mainstream Discourse Garrett M. Broad 301

12 Disability, Animals, and Earth Liberation: Eco-ability and Ableism in the Animal Advocacy Movement Anthony J. Nocella II 325

13 On Being a Pragmatist: Reflections on Animals, Feminism, and Personal Politics Lynda Birke 347

14 Campaigning with the Enemy: Understanding Opportunity Fields and the Tactic of Corporate Incorporation Carol L. Glasser 369

15 Nose-to-Tail Eating: A Prematurely Post-Factory-Farm Biopolitics Jessica Carey 405

16 The New Carnivores John Sorenson Atsuko Matsuoka 429

17 Rats! Being Social Requires Empathy Leesa Fawcett 457

18 The Ventriloquist's Burden: Animal Advocacy and the Problem of Speaking for Others Lauren Gorman 473

About the Contributors 513

Index 521