Reading and Media Resources

With a strong emphasis on Simone Weil’s conception of vulnerability as a “mark of existence," this book reimagines a poetics that begins with the vulnerability of bodies, rather than the omnipotence...

An examination of the role of domestic agricultural animals such as cattle and pigs played in settler colonization in early America and the displacement of Native Americans.

This book is set forth here as representative of the numerous works by the Rev. Dr. Linzey that contemplate related questions. This particular collection of essays sets forth his thoughts, rooted in...

Chapters draw together feminist, political-economic, post-humanist, anarchist, post-colonial, and critical race literatures with original case studies in order to see how efforts by some humans to...

A compilation of entries from leading scholars on topics and ideas central to the field of animal studies, incorporating interdisciplinary perspectives from a wide array of fields ranging from...

A collection of essays approaching the human-animal relationship from the critical or "left" tradition in political and social thought. Contributions highlight the connections between our treatment of...

Case studies showing how controversial animal practices can become intensely racialized, including live animal markets in San Francisco’s Chinatown, the Makah whaling dispute, and the case of Michael...

This book is suggested as representative of the body of work, encompassing many works of art recorded in numerous books, by this prominent political artist, who can be considered one of the most...

Examining the work of animal protection that takes place in communities, court rooms and boardrooms, meeting cruelty investigators, forensic veterinarians, wildlife rehabilitators, conservation...

A series of dialogues between two college students – a meat-eater and an ethical vegetarian – regarding the ethical questions that arise in contemplating the consumption of animal bodies as well as...