Animality and Children's Literature and Film [electronic resource] /
Ratelle, A.author.
Examining culturally significant works of children's culture through a posthumanist, or animality studies lens, Animality and Children's Literature and Film argues that Western philosophy's objective to establish a notion of an exclusively human subjectivity is continually countered in the very texts that ostensibly work to this end.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Animal Virtues, Values and Rights; 2 Contact Zones, Becoming and the Wild Animal Body; 3 Ethics and Edibility; 4 Science, Species and Subjectivity; 5 Performance and Personhood in Free Willy and Dolphin Tale; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Examining culturally significant works of children's culture through a posthumanist, or animality studies lens, Animality and Children's Literature and Film argues that Western philosophy's objective to establish a notion of an exclusively human subjectivity is continually countered in the very texts that ostensibly work to this end.
Children's literature.
British literature.
Literature-Philosophy.
Culture-Study and teaching.
Popular works.
Children's Literature.
British and Irish Literature.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
Popular Science, general.