{"product_id":"bad-dog-harlan-weaver-9780295748016","title":"Bad Dog: Pit Bull Politics and Multispecies Justice","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eChallenges the way we think about pit bulls and their human companions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFifty-plus years of media fearmongering coupled with targeted breed bans have produced what could be called \"America's Most Wanted\" dog: the pit bull. However, at the turn of the twenty-first century, competing narratives began to change the meaning of \"pit bull.\" Increasingly represented as loving members of mostly white, middle-class, heteronormative families, pit bulls and pit bull-type dogs are now frequently seen as victims rather than perpetrators, beings deserving not fear or scorn but rather care and compassion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing from the increasingly contentious world of human\/dog politics and featuring rich ethnographic research among dogs and their advocates, \u003ci\u003eBad Dog\u003c\/i\u003e explores how relationships between humans and animals not only reflect but actively shape experiences of race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, nation, breed, and species. Harlan Weaver proposes a critical and queer reading of pit bull politics and animal advocacy, challenging the zero-sum logic through which care for animals is seen as detracting from care for humans. Introducing understandings rooted in examinations of what it means for humans to touch, feel, sense, and think with and through relationships with nonhuman animals, Weaver suggests powerful ways to seek justice for marginalized humans and animals together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harlan Weaver\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 029574801X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780295748016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2022","brand":"Harlan Weaver","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48517284299007,"sku":"9780295748016","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a8909905-0075-41ad-83a6-b688c872ec2d.jpg?v=1778731120","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bad-dog-harlan-weaver-9780295748016","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}