Screening the Nonhuman: Representations of Animal Others in the Media (Critical Animal Studies and Theory) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 149851376X ISBN 13: 9781498513760

Publisher: Lexington Books, 2018

Synopsis

Screening the Nonhuman draws connections between how animals represented on screen translate into reality. In doing so, the book demonstrates that consuming media is not a neutral act but rather a political one. The images humans consume have real world consequences for how animals are treated as actors, as pets, and in nature. The contributors propose that altering the representations of animals can change the way humans relate to non/humans. Our hope is for humans to generate more ethical relationships with non/humans, ultimately mediating reality both in terms of fiction and non-fiction. To achieve this end, film, television, advertisements, and social media are analyzed through an intersectional lens. But the book doesn’t stop here. Each author creates counter-representational strategies that promise to unweave the assumptions that have led to the mistreatment of humans and non/humans alike.

About this title

About the Authors

Michael Atkinson is Adjunct Professor of Film at Long Island University, and writes regularly for The New York Times, The Village Voice and Sight & Sound.

Sean Parson is Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics and International Affairs and the MA program in sustainable communities at Northern Arizona University, USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 149851376X
• ISBN 13: 9781498513760
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: George Amber E., Schatz J.L.