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Human minds and animal stories : how narratives make us care about other species / Wojciech Małecki, Piotr Sorokowski, Boguslaw Pawłowski, and Marcin Ciénski.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Małecki, Wojciech (Professor of literary theory), author.
- Sorokowski, Piotr, author.
- Pawlowski, Boguslaw, author.
- Cieński, Marcin, author.
- Series:
- Routledge studies in world literatures and the environment
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human-animal relationships.
- Interdisciplinary research.
- Human-animal relationships in literature.
- Animals in literature.
- Physical Description:
- x, 190 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
- Contents:
- Texts, statistics, and deception: on our investigative method
- A monkey, a book, and Facebook, or how to catch a story in the act
- Does it matter if it is true? on slaughterhouses, fiction, and non-fiction
- Does it matter how it is told? on species, stylistics, and voices
- Does it matter who it is about? on chimpanzees, lizards, and other main characters
- How does it work? from readerly pleasure to animal cruelty
- How long will it work? a short chapter on attitudinal impact over time
- Conclusions, speculations, and prospects
- Appendices.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9780367146047
- 0367146045
- OCLC:
- 1085941859
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