| #1593203 in Books | Liverpool University Press | 2013-08-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 6.10 x.80 x9.10l,.0 | File type: PDF | 256 pages | ||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Human-animal studies through the lens of science fiction|By K. Bunker|I found this book to be a deeply interesting and rewarding examination of how the philosophical themes of human-animal studies have been explored in various works of science fiction.
This volume makes an interesting companion-piece to The Animal Fable in Science Fiction and Fantasy by Bruce Shaw. I|||"An intriguing and enlightening book. Nicely produced, well-edited and comprehensive, reflecting a great deal of effort by the author to collect and synthesize the sometimes disparate material ... it is definitely recommended for a university research library
Animal Alterity uses readings of science fiction texts to explore the centrality of animals for our ways of thinking about human. It argues that the academic field of animal studies and the popular genre of science fiction share a number a critical concerns: thinking about otherness and the nature of human being; desiring communication across species difference; and interrogating the social and ethical consequences of changes in science and technology. We are living in a...
You easily download any file type for your device.Animal Alterity: Science Fiction and the Question of the Animal | Sherryl Vint.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
