{"product_id":"beasts-of-burden-sunaura-taylor-9781620971284","title":"Beasts of Burden: Animal and Disability Liberation","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e2018 American Book Award Winner\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA beautifully written, deeply provocative inquiry into the intersection of animal and disability liberation--and the debut of an important new social critic \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow much of what we understand of ourselves as \"human\" depends on our physical and mental abilities--how we move (or cannot move) in and interact with the world? And how much of our definition of \"human\" depends on its difference from \"animal\"? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on her own experiences as a disabled person, a disability activist, and an animal advocate, author Sunaura Taylor persuades us to think deeply, and sometimes uncomfortably, about what divides the human from the animal, the disabled from the nondisabled--and what it might mean to break down those divisions, to claim the animal and the vulnerable in ourselves, in a process she calls \"cripping animal ethics.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeasts of Burden\u003c\/i\u003e suggests that issues of disability and animal justice--which have heretofore primarily been presented in opposition--are in fact deeply entangled. Fusing philosophy, memoir, science, and the radical truths these disciplines can bring--whether about factory farming, disability oppression, or our assumptions of human superiority over animals--Taylor draws attention to new worlds of experience and empathy that can open up important avenues of solidarity across species and ability. \u003ci\u003eBeasts of Burden\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderfully engaging and elegantly written work, both philosophical and personal, by a brilliant new voice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sunaura Taylor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1620971283\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620971284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/07\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.00d","brand":"Sunaura Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44050565824767,"sku":"9781620971284","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a5355654-b3c2-4269-ba44-574827fad1cd.jpg?v=1685007988","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beasts-of-burden-sunaura-taylor-9781620971284","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}