Our Children and Other Animals : The Cultural Construction of Human-Animal Relations in Childhood.
Focusing on the socialization of the human use of other animals as resources in contemporary Western society, this book explores the cultural reproduction of human-nonhuman animal relations in childhood. With close attention to the dominant practices through which children encounter animals and main...
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| Other Authors / Creators: | Stewart, Kate. |
| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | Farnham : Taylor & Francis Group, 2014. |
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| Local Note: | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
| Online Access: | Click to View |
Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- PART I Conceptualizing Western Human-Nonhuman Animal Relations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Use of Names: Socially Constructing Animals as 'Others'
- 3 The Historical Separation of Children from Other Animals
- 4 The Construction and Study of Children and Childhood
- PART II The Contemporary Socialization of Human-Nonhuman Relations in Childhood
- 5 Family Practices and the Shaping of Human-Nonhuman Identities
- 6 Cute Style: Mass Media Representations of Other Animals
- 7 Education: Making Anthroparchal Domination Reasonable
- 8 Playing with Power: Virtual Relations with Other Animals in Digital Media
- PART III Reconstructing Children's Relations with Other Animals: Vegan Practices and Representations
- 9 We've Got to Get Out of This Place: The Utopian Vehicularity of Vegan Children's Culture
- 10 Conclusion: Resisting the Zooicidal Imperative
- Bibliography
- Index.