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Livestock and Literature

By Bauer, Liza B.

Livestock and Literature Philosophy

Livestock and Literature

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This book explores the past and current traces that cows, pigs, chickens, and other animals used by humans have left in Anglophone literary fiction. In times of accelerated global warming, an acute pandemic, and breakthroughs in bioengineering practices, discussions on how to rethink the relationships to these animals have become as heated as perhaps never before. Livestock and Literature examines what literature has to contribute to these debates. In particular, it draws on counter-narratives to so-called livestock animals' commodification in selected science- and speculative fiction (SF) works from the twenty-first century. These texts imagine 'what if' scenarios where "livestock" practice resistance, transform into biotechnologically modified, postanimal beings, or live in close companionship to humans. Via these three points of access, the study delineates the formal and thematic strategies SF authors apply to challenge anthropocentric and speciesist thought patterns. The aim is to shed light on how these alternative storyworlds expand readers' understanding of the lives of farmed animals; seeking insight into how literature shapes human-animal relationships beyond the page.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
448
Release Date:
2025-08-10
Publication Date:
2025-08-10
Publisher:
Humana
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
3031581180
ISBN13:
9783031581182
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
575 g
Height:
148 cm
Width:
210 cm
Thickness:
25 cm
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