What I don't know about animals [electronic resource] / Jenny Diski.
2011
QL85 .D57 2011eb
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Title
What I don't know about animals [electronic resource] / Jenny Diski.
Author
Diski, Jenny.
ISBN
9780300180626 (electronic book)
9780300176841
9780300176841
Publication Details
New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press 2011, c2010.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (312 p.)
Call Number
QL85 .D57 2011eb
Summary
What does Jenny Diski know about animals? She's really not sure. There is, however, one thing of which she is certain: our relationships with and attitudes to animals are really worth thinking about. In What I Don't Know About Animals, she shows why. She sets out to investigate what she does and doesn't know about animals. She remembers the stuffed cuddly creatures from her childhood, the animal books she read; the cartoons she watched, the strays she found, the animals who have lived and still live with her, the animals she has observed close up, and those she has feared. She examines human beings, too, and the way in which they have looked at, studied, treated and written about the non-human creatures with whom we share the planet. Subtle, intelligent and brilliantly observed, What I Don't Know About Animals is an engaging look at what it means to be human and what it means to be animal.
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"First published in Great Britain in 2010 by Virago Press"--T.p. verso.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Table of Contents
In the beginning. The real and the stuffed
Dream animals
Us and them. Divisions
Otherness
Watching. Getting nearer nature
In the lab
Love and hate. Under our skin
The good, the bad and the helpful
Responsibilities. The death of lunch?
Who's in charge?
Dream animals
Us and them. Divisions
Otherness
Watching. Getting nearer nature
In the lab
Love and hate. Under our skin
The good, the bad and the helpful
Responsibilities. The death of lunch?
Who's in charge?