Like an Animal: Critical Animal Studies Approaches to Borders, Displacement, and Othering

by Natalie Khazaal (Editor)

In this volume, we suggest new perspectives with which critical animal studies (CAS) can contribute to the development of knowledge and praxis in two fields- the interdisciplinary study of dehumanization and critical border studies, both of which are commonly concerned with questions of human migration, refuge, and territorial or other borders. Critical animal studies is an interdisciplinary field that reflects on the ethics of humans' relationships with other animals from an intersectional perspective and a particular political stance. CAS scholars typically understand the commonalities of oppression, contextualize speciesism within a socio- economic framework, are anticapitalist, and reject disinterested analysis to champion liberation for human animals, nonhuman animals, and the Earth

432 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2020