{"product_id":"doing-animal-studies-with-androids-david-p-rando-9781350356160","title":"Doing Animal Studies with Androids, Aliens, and Ghosts: Defamiliarizing Human-Nonhuman Animal Relationships in Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eExploring what can be learnt when literary critics in the field of animal studies temporarily direct attention \u003ci\u003eaway\u003c\/i\u003e from representations of nonhuman animals in literature and \u003ci\u003etowards \u003c\/i\u003eliminal figures like androids, aliens and ghosts, this book examines the boundaries of humanness. Simultaneously, it encourages the reader both to see nonhuman animals afresh and to reimagine the terms of our relationships with them. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExamining imaginative texts by writers such as Octavia Butler, Philip K. Dick, Kazuo Ishiguro, Jeanette Winterson and J. M. Coetzee, this book looks at depictions of androids that redefine traditional humanist qualities such as hope and uniqueness. It examines alien visions that unmask the racist and heteronormative roots of speciesism. And it unpacks examples of ghosts and spirits who offer posthumous visions of having-been-human that decenter anthropocentrism. In doing so, it leaves open the potential for better relationships and futures with nonhuman animals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David P. Rando\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350356166\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350356160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/28\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.45d","brand":"David P. Rando","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48453527961855,"sku":"9781350356160","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_591b5142-f305-43a2-9f87-099c9100b19a.jpg?v=1777300714","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/doing-animal-studies-with-androids-david-p-rando-9781350356160","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}