Reading Cats and Dogs: Companion Animals in World Literature (Ecocritical Theory and Practice)
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Reading Cats and Dogs: Companion Animals in World Literature (Ecocritical Theory and Practice)

Reading Cats and Dogs: Companion Animals in World Literature (Ecocritical Theory and Practice)

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Francoise Besson (Contributor) Zelia M. Bora (Contributor) Marianne Marroum (Contributor) Scott Slovic (Contributor) Athane Adrahane (Contributor) Karla Armbruster (Contributor) Francoise Besson (Contributor) Zelia M. Bora (Contributor) Claire Cazajous-Auge (Contributor) OEnder C?etin (Contributor)  

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Throughout the world, people spend much of their time with animal companions of various kinds, frequently with cats and dogs. What meanings do we make of these relationships? In the ecocritical collection Reading cats and Dogs, a diverse array of scholars considers the philosophy, literature, and film devoted to human relationships with companion species. In addition to illuminating famous animal stories by Beatrix Potter, Jack London, Italo Svevo, and Michael Ondaatje, readers are introduced to the dog poems of Shuntaro Tanikawa, a Turkish documentary on stray cats as neighborhood companions, and the representation of diverse animal companions in Cameroonian novels. Focusing on "Stray and Feral Companions," "The Usefulness of Companion Animals," and "Problematizing Companion Animals," Reading Cats and Dogs aims both to confirm and topple readers' assumptions about the fellow travelers with whom we share our lives, our streets and fields, and our planet. Fifteen contributors from various countries reveal the aesthetic, ethical, and psychological complexities of our multispecies relationships, demonstrating the richness of ecocritical animal studies.
Francoise Besson is emerita professor at the University of Toulouse-Jean Jaures.Zelia M. Bora is founder of the Commission for Animal Welfare at the Federal University of Paraiba and contributes to the Post-Graduate Program at the Federal University of Paraiba.Marianne Marroum is associate professor of English and comparative literature at the Lebanese American University in Beirut, Lebanon.Scott Slovic is university distinguished professor of environmental humanities at the University of Idaho.
  • Contributor: Francoise Besson
  • Imprint: Lexington Books
  • ISBN13: 9781793611062
  • Number of Pages: 300
  • Packaged Dimensions: 160x241x22mm
  • Packaged Weight: 553
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Lexington Books
  • Release Date: 2020-12-15
  • Series: Ecocritical Theory and Practice
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Biography: Francoise Besson is emerita professor at the University of Toulouse-Jean Jaures.Zelia M. Bora is founder of the Commission for Animal Welfare at the Federal University of Paraiba and contributes to the Post-Graduate Program at the Federal University of Paraiba.Marianne Marroum is associate professor of English and comparative literature at the Lebanese American University in Beirut, Lebanon.Scott Slovic is university distinguished professor of environmental humanities at the University of Idaho.

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