Истории, которые рассказывают кролики Марго ДеМелло

Product DescriptionRevered as a symbol of fertility, sexuality, purity and childhood, beloved as a children's pet and widely represented in the myths, art and collectibles of almost every culture, the rabbit is one of the most popular animals known to humans. Ironically, it has also been one of the most misunderstood and abused. Indeed, the rabbit is the only animal that our culture adores as a pet, idolizes as a storybook hero and slaughters for commercial purposes. In so doing, the book explores how one species can be simultaneously adored as a symbol of childhood (think Peter Rabbit), revered as a symbol of female sexuality (e.g., Playboy Bunnies), dismissed as a "dumb bunny" in domesticity and loathed as a pest in the wild. The authors counter these stereotypes with engaging analyses of real rabbit behavior, drawn both from the authors' own experience and from academic studies, and place those behaviors in the context of current debates about animal consciousness. In a detailed investigative section, the authors also describe conditions in the rabbit meat, fur, pet and vivisection industries, and raise important questions about the ethics of treating rabbits as we do. She is the author ofThe Sporting Life andBaby Play. She is a national educator with the House Rabbit Society and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, two children, two rabbits and miscellaneous other small creatures.Margo DeMello received her PhD in Cultural Anthropology from U.C. Davis in 1995, and is the Program Director for Human-Animal Studies at Animals Society Institute. She teaches Cross-Cultural Anthrozoology, Animals and Popular Culture, Critical An

Parametry

• Edycja: Illustrated
• Język: English
• Producent: Lantern Books, USA
• Liczba stron: 326
• Data wydania: 1970-08-20
• Wysokość: 2.50 cm
• Długość: 24.10 cm
• Waga: 18.10 gram
• Szerokość: 25.89 cm
• EAN: 9781590560440