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Animals, Work, and the Promise of Interspecies Solidarity [electronic resource] / by Kendra Coulter.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016Description: X, 201 p. online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781137558800
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 331 23
LOC classification:
  • HD4801-8943
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: Introducing Animal Work -- 1. The Work Done With/For Animals: Daily Work and Labor Processes -- 2. The Work Done By Animals: Identifying and Understanding Animals' Work -- 3. The Work Done With/For Animals: Political Labour and the Work of Advocacy Anifesto: The Promise of Interspecies Solidarity References Index.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: In this thought-provoking and innovative book, Kendra Coulter examines the diversity of work done with, by, and for animals. Interweaving human-animal studies, labor theories and research, and feminist political economy, Coulter develops a unique analysis of the accomplishments, complexities, problems, and possibilities of multispecies and interspecies labor. She fosters a nuanced, multi-faceted approach to labor that takes human and animal well-being seriously and challenges readers to not only think deeply and differently about animals and work but to reflect on the potential for interspecies solidarity. The result is an engaging, expansive, and path-making text.
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Introduction: Introducing Animal Work -- 1. The Work Done With/For Animals: Daily Work and Labor Processes -- 2. The Work Done By Animals: Identifying and Understanding Animals' Work -- 3. The Work Done With/For Animals: Political Labour and the Work of Advocacy Anifesto: The Promise of Interspecies Solidarity References Index.

In this thought-provoking and innovative book, Kendra Coulter examines the diversity of work done with, by, and for animals. Interweaving human-animal studies, labor theories and research, and feminist political economy, Coulter develops a unique analysis of the accomplishments, complexities, problems, and possibilities of multispecies and interspecies labor. She fosters a nuanced, multi-faceted approach to labor that takes human and animal well-being seriously and challenges readers to not only think deeply and differently about animals and work but to reflect on the potential for interspecies solidarity. The result is an engaging, expansive, and path-making text.

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