Thinking animals : why animal studies now? /

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Author / Creator:Weil, Kari.
Imprint:New York : Columbia University Press, ©2012.
Description:1 online resource (xxiv, 190 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11134060
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ISBN:9780231519847
0231519842
9780231148085
0231148089
9780231148092
0231148097
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
Summary:Animal studies has emerged as a major field within the humanities, despite its challenge to the very notion of the human" that shapes humanities scholarship. Kari Weil investigates the rise of animal studies and its singular reading of literature and philosophy through the lens of human-animal relations and difference, providing not only a critical introduction to the field but also an appreciation of its thrilling acts of destabilization. Weil explores the mechanisms we use to build knowledge of other animals, to understand ourselves in relation to other animals, and to represent.
Other form:Print version: Weil, Kari. Thinking animals. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2012 9780231148085