When species meet / Donna J. Haraway.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haraway, Donna Jeanne.

Series:

Posthumanities.

Posthumanities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animals and civilization.

Human-animal relationships.

Physical Description:

1 Online-Ressource (438 Seiten)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Donna J. Haraway contemplates the interactions of humans with many kinds of critters, especially with those called domestic. From designer pets to lab animals to trained therapy dogs, she deftly explores philosophical, cultural, and biological aspects of animalÐhuman encounters.In this deeply personal yet intellectually groundbreaking work, Haraway develops the idea of companion species, those who meet and break bread together but not without some indigestion.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

PART I. WE HAVE NEVER BEEN HUMAN

1. When Species Meet: Introductions

2. Value-Added Dogs and Lively Capital

3. Sharing Suffering: Instrumental Relations between Laboratory Animals and Their People

4. Examined Lives: Practices of Love and Knowledge in Purebred Dogland

5. Cloning Mutts, Saving Tigers: Bioethical Angst and Questions of Flourishing

PART II. NOTES OF A SPORTSWRITER'S DAUGHTER

6. Able Bodies and Companion Species

7. Species of Friendship

8. Training in the Contact Zone: Power, Play, and Invention in the Sport of Agility

PART III. TANGLED SPECIES

9. Crittercam: Compounding Eyes in Naturecultures

10. Chicken

11. Becoming Companion Species in Technoculture

12. Parting Bites: Nourishing Indigestion

Notes

Publication History

Index

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Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Erscheint auch als

ISBN:

0-8166-5403-4

OCLC:

476125835