Reading Slaughter: Abattoir Fictions, Space, and Empathy in Late Modernity (1st ed. 2022) (Palgrave Studies in Animals and Literature)
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- Synopsis
- Reading Slaughter: Abattoir Fictions, Space, and Empathy in Late Modernity examines literary depictions of slaughterhouses from the development of the industrial abattoir in the late nineteenth century to today. The book focuses on how increasing and ongoing isolation and concealment of slaughter from the surrounding society affects readings and depictions of slaughter and abattoirs in literature, and on the degree to which depictions of animals being slaughtered creates an avenue for empathic reactions in the reader or the opportunity for reflections on human-animal relations. Through chapters on abattoir fictions in relation to narrative empathy, anthropomorphism, urban spaces, rural spaces, human identities and horror fiction, Sune Borkfelt contributes to debates in literary animal studies, human-animal studies and beyond.
- Copyright:
- 2022
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- ISBN-13:
- 9783030989156
- Related ISBNs:
- 9783030989149
- Publisher:
- Springer International Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 05/07/22
- Copyrighted By:
- The Editor
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Animals, Literature and Fiction, Psychology, Language Arts, Medicine, Sociology
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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