Feminism, animals, and science : the naming of the shrew / Lynda Birke.
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Birke, Lynda I. A. (författare)
- ISBN 0335191983
- Publicerad: Buckingham [England] ; Open University Press, 1994
- Engelska viii, 167 pages
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http://digitool.hbz-... (Table of contents)
Innehållsförteckning
Sammanfattning
Ämnesord
Stäng
- Pt. I. Animal Meanings. 2. The Meanings of Animals. 3. Changing Meanings -- Pt. II. Animals in Science. 4. Into the Laboratory. 5. Writing the Animal -- Pt. III. Defining Animals. 6. Winners in Life's Race. 7. Behaving Differently: Animal Abilities -- Pt. IV. Embodied Beings. 8. Animals and Biological Determinism. 9. Denying the (Animal) Body. 10. The Renaming of the Shrew -- Index of Non-human Animals (by common names).
- "What we think other animals are matters to how we see ourselves: how similar are they, or how different? Do humans belong to culture, and animals (or women?) to nature? For feminists, that matters particularly, for it has so often been animal names that have been used to derogate women. This book explores these boundaries focusing particularly on feminist analyses of science; science not only uses animals, but also names and defines them. Beginning with some ways in which 'animals' are defined, and with feminist concerns about non-humans as fellow sufferers, the book goes on to look at how ideas about animals are constructed in different areas of biological science and how these intersect with feminist critiques of modern science." "The book then addresses the human/animal opposition implicit in much feminist theorizing, arguing that the opposition helps to maintain the essentialism that feminists have so often criticized. The final chapter brings us back from ideas of what 'the animal' is, to ask how these questions might relate to environmental politics, including ecofeminism and animal rights."--Jacket.
Ämnesord
- Feminism (sao)
- Djur och människor (sao)
- Djurrätt (sao)
- Ekofeminism (sao)
- Feministisk teori (sao)
- Feminist theory. (LCSH)
- Feminism. (LCSH)
- Human-animal relationships. (LCSH)
- Animal rights. (LCSH)
- Ecofeminism. (LCSH)
- Biology -- Philosophy. (LCSH)
- Science -- Philosophy. (LCSH)
- Animal Rights. (MeSH)
- Animal rights. (fast)
- Ecofeminism. (fast)
- Feminism. (fast)
- Feminist theory. (fast)
- Human-animal relationships. (fast)
- Mens-dier-relatie. (gtt)
- Dieren. (gtt)
- Rechten van het dier. (gtt)
- Vrouwen. (gtt)
- Feminisme. (gtt)
- Biology -- Philosophy. (fast)
- Science -- Philosophy. (fast)
- Ecofeminism (LCSH)
- Animal rights (LCSH)
- Feminist theory (LCSH)
- Feminism (LCSH)
- Human-animal relationships (LCSH)
Indexterm och SAB-rubrik
- Feminism
Klassifikation
- L800 (ämneskategori)
- 305.42/01 (DDC)
- Ohja (kssb/8 (machine generated))
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