Jodey Castricano is an associate professor in the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies at the University of British Columbia (Okanagan) and has long been an advocate of animal rights. Research concerns extend to the history of ideas in the nineteenth century, particularly in the context of Darwinian theory and the development of psychoanalysis. Previous publications include Cryptomimesis: The Gothic and Jacques Derrida's Ghost Writing (2001). and Gothic Subjects: Literature, Film, and Psychoanalysis (2010). She is the editor of Animal Subjects (WLU Press, 2008).Lauren Corman is an associate professor of sociology at Brock University. She hosted the animal advocacy radio program and podcast Animal Voices, a show linking human and other animal issues, from 2001-2009. She has taught critical animal studies courses over the past six years. Her publications focus on critical animal studies pedagogy, intersectional feminism, and contemporary social theory.

• ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1 Might Makes Right: The Origins of Ethics and the Use of Animals for Human Ends / Rod Preece2 Critical Animals Studies and the Property Debate in Animal Law / Maneesha Deckha3 ""Popular Affection"": Edwin Landseer and Nineteenth-Century Animal Advocacy Campaigns / J. Keri Cronin4 ""The Animal,"" Systems, and Structures: An Ecofeminist-Posthumanist Enquiry / Rhys Mahannah5 Animal Narrativity: Engaging with Story in a More-Than-Human World / Joshua Russell6 Canine Cartography: On the Curious and Queer Pleasures of Being a Dog / Peter Hobbs7 Navigating Difference (Again): Animal Ethics and Entangled Empathy / Lori Gruen8 All My Relations: Interview with Margaret Robinson / Lauren Corman9 Rampant Compassion: A Tale of Two Anthropomorphisms and the ""Trans-species Episteme"" of Knowledge-Making / Jodey Castricano10 The Limits of the ""Human"": An Alternative Ethics of Dependence on Animals / Kelly Oliver11 Vegans for Vick: Dogfighting, Intersectional Politics, and the Limits of Mainstream Discourse / Garrett M. Broad12 Disability, Animals, and Earth Liberation: Eco-ability and Ableism in the Animal Advocacy Movement / Anthony J. Nocella II13 On Being a Pragmatist: Reflections on Animals, Feminism, and Personal Politics / Lynda Birke14 Campaigning with the Enemy: Understanding Opportunity Fields and the Tactic of Corporate Incorporation / Carol L. Glasser15 Nose-to-Tail Eating: A Prematurely Post-Factory-Farm Biopolitics / Jessica Carey16 The New Carnivores / John Sorenson and Atsuko Matsuoka17 Rats! Being Social Requires Empathy / Leesa Fawcett18 The Ventriloquist's Burden : Animal Advocacy and the Problem of Speaking for Others / Lauren CormanAbout the ContributorsIndex

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Jodey Castricano is an associate professor in the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies at the University of British Columbia (Okanagan) and has long been an advocate of animal rights. Research concerns extend to the history of ideas in the nineteenth century, particularly in the context of Darwinian theory and the development of psychoanalysis. Previous publications include Cryptomimesis: The Gothic and Jacques Derrida's Ghost Writing (2001). and Gothic Subjects: Literature, Film, and Psychoanalysis (2010). She is the editor of Animal Subjects (WLU Press, 2008).Lauren Corman is an associate professor of sociology at Brock University. She hosted the animal advocacy radio program and podcast Animal Voices, a show linking human and other animal issues, from 2001-2009. She has taught critical animal studies courses over the past six years. Her publications focus on critical animal studies pedagogy, intersectional feminism, and contemporary social theory.

• ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1 Might Makes Right: The Origins of Ethics and the Use of Animals for Human Ends / Rod Preece2 Critical Animals Studies and the Property Debate in Animal Law / Maneesha Deckha3 ""Popular Affection"": Edwin Landseer and Nineteenth-Century Animal Advocacy Campaigns / J. Keri Cronin4 ""The Animal,"" Systems, and Structures: An Ecofeminist-Posthumanist Enquiry / Rhys Mahannah5 Animal Narrativity: Engaging with Story in a More-Than-Human World / Joshua Russell6 Canine Cartography: On the Curious and Queer Pleasures of Being a Dog / Peter Hobbs7 Navigating Difference (Again): Animal Ethics and Entangled Empathy / Lori Gruen8 All My Relations: Interview with Margaret Robinson / Lauren Corman9 Rampant Compassion: A Tale of Two Anthropomorphisms and the ""Trans-species Episteme"" of Knowledge-Making / Jodey Castricano10 The Limits of the ""Human"": An Alternative Ethics of Dependence on Animals / Kelly Oliver11 Vegans for Vick: Dogfighting, Intersectional Politics, and the Limits of Mainstream Discourse / Garrett M. Broad12 Disability, Animals, and Earth Liberation: Eco-ability and Ableism in the Animal Advocacy Movement / Anthony J. Nocella II13 On Being a Pragmatist: Reflections on Animals, Feminism, and Personal Politics / Lynda Birke14 Campaigning with the Enemy: Understanding Opportunity Fields and the Tactic of Corporate Incorporation / Carol L. Glasser15 Nose-to-Tail Eating: A Prematurely Post-Factory-Farm Biopolitics / Jessica Carey16 The New Carnivores / John Sorenson and Atsuko Matsuoka17 Rats! Being Social Requires Empathy / Leesa Fawcett18 The Ventriloquist's Burden : Animal Advocacy and the Problem of Speaking for Others / Lauren CormanAbout the ContributorsIndex

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Jodey Castricano is an associate professor in the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies at the University of British Columbia (Okanagan) and has long been an advocate of animal rights. Research concerns extend to the history of ideas in the nineteenth century, particularly in the context of Darwinian theory and the development of psychoanalysis. Previous publications include Cryptomimesis: The Gothic and Jacques Derrida's Ghost Writing (2001). and Gothic Subjects: Literature, Film, and Psychoanalysis (2010). She is the editor of Animal Subjects (WLU Press, 2008).Lauren Corman is an associate professor of sociology at Brock University. She hosted the animal advocacy radio program and podcast Animal Voices, a show linking human and other animal issues, from 2001-2009. She has taught critical animal studies courses over the past six years. Her publications focus on critical animal studies pedagogy, intersectional feminism, and contemporary social theory.

• ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1 Might Makes Right: The Origins of Ethics and the Use of Animals for Human Ends / Rod Preece2 Critical Animals Studies and the Property Debate in Animal Law / Maneesha Deckha3 ""Popular Affection"": Edwin Landseer and Nineteenth-Century Animal Advocacy Campaigns / J. Keri Cronin4 ""The Animal,"" Systems, and Structures: An Ecofeminist-Posthumanist Enquiry / Rhys Mahannah5 Animal Narrativity: Engaging with Story in a More-Than-Human World / Joshua Russell6 Canine Cartography: On the Curious and Queer Pleasures of Being a Dog / Peter Hobbs7 Navigating Difference (Again): Animal Ethics and Entangled Empathy / Lori Gruen8 All My Relations: Interview with Margaret Robinson / Lauren Corman9 Rampant Compassion: A Tale of Two Anthropomorphisms and the ""Trans-species Episteme"" of Knowledge-Making / Jodey Castricano10 The Limits of the ""Human"": An Alternative Ethics of Dependence on Animals / Kelly Oliver11 Vegans for Vick: Dogfighting, Intersectional Politics, and the Limits of Mainstream Discourse / Garrett M. Broad12 Disability, Animals, and Earth Liberation: Eco-ability and Ableism in the Animal Advocacy Movement / Anthony J. Nocella II13 On Being a Pragmatist: Reflections on Animals, Feminism, and Personal Politics / Lynda Birke14 Campaigning with the Enemy: Understanding Opportunity Fields and the Tactic of Corporate Incorporation / Carol L. Glasser15 Nose-to-Tail Eating: A Prematurely Post-Factory-Farm Biopolitics / Jessica Carey16 The New Carnivores / John Sorenson and Atsuko Matsuoka17 Rats! Being Social Requires Empathy / Leesa Fawcett18 The Ventriloquist's Burden : Animal Advocacy and the Problem of Speaking for Others / Lauren CormanAbout the ContributorsIndex

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