{"product_id":"animal-9781861891341","title":"Animal","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Erica Fudge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Human Geography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the pet that we live with and care for, to news items such as animal cloning, and the use of various creatures in film, television and advertising, animals are a constant presence in our lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnimal\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely overview of the many ways in which we live with animals, and assesses many of the paradoxes of our relationships with them: for example, why is the pet that sits by the dinner table never for eating? Examining novels such as \u003ci\u003eCharlotte's Web\u003c\/i\u003e, films such as \u003ci\u003eOld Yeller\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBabe\u003c\/i\u003e, science and advertising, fashion and philosophy, \u003ci\u003eAnimal\u003c\/i\u003e also evaluates the ways in which we think about animals and challenges a number of the assumptions we hold. Why is it, for example, that animals are such a constant presence in children's literature? And what does it mean to wear fake fur? Is fake fur an ethical avoidance of animal suffering, or merely a sanitized version of the unacceptable use of animals as clothing? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNeither evangelical nor proselytizing, \u003ci\u003eAnimal\u003c\/i\u003e invites the reader to think beyond the boundaries of a subject that has a direct effect on our day-to-day lives.","brand":"Reaktion Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45320943108247,"sku":"9781861891341","price":1989.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781861891341.webp?v=1769288543","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/animal-9781861891341","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}