Animals and War

Studies of Europe and North America
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-90-04-23620-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 15, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 440 g

Reihe: Human-Animal Studies

Animals and War is the first collection of essays to explore its important, yet neglected, topic. Scholars from sociology, history, anthropology, and literary and cultural studies investigate the presence of animals in human wars. The essays analyze a wide range of phenomena, including the new militarization of bees, zoo animals during war, war dogs, Finish horses in World War II, Canadian war literature, and the effort to memorialize nonhuman war animals. Although animals are often forced to participate in human wars, their presence also signals human vulnerability and dependence. Several chapters demonstrate that in the frequently horrible circumstances of war, powerful sympathies nonetheless flourish between humans and animals. Animals and War thus exposes the often paradoxical contours of human-animal relationships.

Zielgruppe

Those interested in animals, war, and animal studies more generally, and those concerned with the ethics of human-animal relationships, violence, dogs, horses, zoos, and animal narratives and myths.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hediger, Ryan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Umweltsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contributors include Ryan Hediger, Lisa Jean Moore, Mary Kosut, John Kinder, Steven F. Alger, Janet M. Alger, Robert Tindol, Riitta-Marja Leinonen, Brian Lindseth, Paul Huebener, Boria Sax, Brian M. Lowe, and Hilda Kean.

Über Autor(innen)

Hediger, Ryan
Ryan Hediger, Ph.D. (2005), University of Oregon, is Assistant Professor of English at Kent State University at Tuscarawas. He has published numerous essays on animals including pieces treating Ernest Hemingway, violence, and disability. He co-edited Animals and Agency (Brill, 2009).