Feminism, animals, and science : the naming of the shrew / Lynda Birke.
Feminism, animals, and science : the naming of the shrew / Lynda Birke.
Feminism, animals, and science : the naming of the shrew / Lynda Birke.
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Publisher
Buckingham [England] ; Philadelphia : Open University Press, 1994.
Date
1994.
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N305.4201/49
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English
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Physical content
viii, 167 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
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 Biologic...
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Publisher
Buckingham [England] ; Philadelphia : Open University Press, 1994.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1994.
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Summary
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 ecofeminis...
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Feminism, animals, and science : the naming of the shrew / Lynda Birke.
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Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [152]-162.
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N305.4201/49
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74VK752yRzVO
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0335191975
9780335191970 (pbk.) :
0335191975 (pbk.) :
9780335191987 (hardback) :
0335191983 (hardback) :
9780335191987
0335191983
9780335191970
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305.4201
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991022988749702626
