Reading the Animal Text in the Landscape of the Damned

Reading the animal text in the landscape of the damned
looks at the diverse texts of our everyday world relating to nonhuman
animals and examines the meanings we imbibe from them. It describes ways
in which we can explore such artefacts, especially from the perspective
of groups and individuals with little or no power. This work
understands the oppression of nonhuman animals as being part of a
spectrum incorporating sexism, racism, xenophobia, economic exploitation
and other forms of oppression. The enquiry includes, physical
landscapes, the law, women’s rights, history, slavery, language use,
economic coercion, farming, animal experimentation and much more.

Reading the animal text in the landscape of the damned
is an academic work but is accessible, theoretically based but robustly
practical and it encourages the reader to take this enquiry further for
both themselves and for others.