Screening the nonhuman : representations of animal others in the media / edited by Amber E. George and J.L. Schatz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

George, Amber E., editor.

Schatz, J. L., editor.

Series:

Critical animal studies, theory, pedagogy, and methodology

Critical animal studies and theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animals in mass media.

Animal welfare in mass media.

Human-animal relationships in mass media.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 213 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016]

Summary:

Screening the Nonhuman: Representations of Animal Others in the Media draws connections between how animals are represented on screen and how that 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 nonhumans. The hope is for humans to generate more ethical relationships with nonhumans, ultimately mediating reality both in terms of fiction and nonfiction. To achieve this, film, television, advertisements, and social media are analyzed through an intersectional lens. Each author also creates counter-representational strategies that promise to unweave the assumptions that have led to the mistreatment of humans and nonhumans alike. Book jacket.

Contents:

I The Truths Behind the Fiction

Chapter 1 The Brown Wizard's Unexpected Politics: Speciesist Fiction and the Ethics of The Hobbit / J.L. Schatz Schatz, J.L. 3

Chapter 2 The Passing Faerie and the Transforming Raven: Animalized Compulsory Re-covery, Endurance, and Disability in Maleficent / Jennifer Polish Polish, Jennifer 17

Chapter 3 Jabbering Jaws: Reimagining Representations of Sharks Post-Jaws / Matthew Lerberg Lerberg, Matthew 33

Chapter 4 Horseplay: Beastly Cinematic Performances in Steven Spielberg's War Horse / Stella Hockenhull Hockenhull, Stella 47

Chapter 5 Would Bugs Bunny Have Diabetes?: The Realistic Consequences of Cartoons for Non/Human Animals / Amber E. George George, Amber E. 59

II The Fictional Fashioning of Reality

Chapter 6 I Am Legend (2007), U.S. Imperialism, and the Liminal Animality of "The Last Man" / Carter Soles Soles, Carter 75

Chapter 7 Ape Anxiety: Intelligence, Human Supremacy, and Rise and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes / Sean Parson Parson, Sean 91

Chapter 8 The Vicious Cycle of Disnification and Audience Demands: Representations of the Non/Human in Martin Rosen's Watership Down (1978) and The Plague Dogs (1982) / Anja Höing Höing, Anja, Harald Husemann Husemann, Harald 101

Chapter 9 The "Nature-Run-Amok" Cinema of the 1970s: Representation of Non/Human Animals in Frogs and Orca / Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns Berns, Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni, César Alfonso Marino Marino, César Alfonso 117

III Advertising Representations of Reality

Chapter 10 Cyberbeasts: Substitution and Trivialization of the Non/Human Animal in Home Movies, Memes, and Video Games / Joseph Anderton Anderton, Joseph 133

Chapter 11 Pet-Animals in the Concrete Jungle: Tales of Abandonment, Failures, and Sentimentality in San Hua and Twelve Nights / Fiona Yuk-wa Law Law, Fiona Yuk-wa 149

Chapter 12 In Defense of Non/Humans: Mystification and Oppression in the Sports Mascoting Process / Guilherme Nothen Nothen, Guilherme, Michael Atkinson Atkinson, Michael 169

Chapter 13 On Empathy, Anthropocentrism, and Rhetorical Tropes: An Analysis of Online "Save the Bees!" Campaign Images / Christina Victoria Cedillo Cedillo, Christina Victoria 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Screening the nonhuman

ISBN:

9781498513746

1498513743

OCLC:

944086832