| Description |
1 online resource (283 pages) |
| Series |
Human-Animal Studies |
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Human-animal studies.
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| Contents |
Animals and War; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Animals and War: Introduction; SECTION I: ANIMALS IN WAR; Bees, Border and Bombs: A Social Account of Theorizing and Weaponizing Bees; Zoo Animals and Modern War: Captive Casualties, Patriotic Citizens, and Good Soldiers; Canine Soldiers, Mascots, and Stray Dogs in U.S. Wars: Ethical Considerations; The Best Friend of the Murderers: Guard Dogs and the Nazi Holocaust; Finnish Narratives of the Horse in World War II; Nuclear War, Radioactive Rats, and the Ecology of Exterminism |
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SECTION II: ANIMAL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRecognizing and Resisting Animal Subjectivity in Timothy Findley's The Wars; Jackie the Lucky Raven: Myth, Commerce, and Their Historical Foundations; Wars of Images and Representations: Contested Meanings and Narratives Surrounding Animal Advocacy; Animals and War Memorials: Different Approaches to Commemorating the Human-Animal Relationship; Index |
| Summary |
Animals and War is the first collection of essays to study its topic. Using sociology, history, anthropology, and cultural studies, it analyzes a wide range of phenomena and exposes the often paradoxical contours of human-animal relationships |
| Subject |
Animals -- War use.
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HISTORY / Military / Strategy.
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Animals -- War use.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004241749 |
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9004241744 |
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9789004236202 |
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9004236201 |
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9781283854474 |
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1283854473 |
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