Women and the Animal Rights Movement

Women and the Animal Rights Movement
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Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Total Pages : 197
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ISBN-10 : 9780813549675
ISBN-13 : 0813549671
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Book Synopsis Women and the Animal Rights Movement by : Emily Gaarder

Download or read book Women and the Animal Rights Movement written by Emily Gaarder and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animal rights is one of the fastest growing social movements today. Women greatly outnumber men as activists, yet surprisingly, little has been written about the importance and impact of gender on the movement. Women and the Animal Rights Movement combats stereotypes of women activists as mere sentimentalists by exploring the political and moral character of their advocacy on behalf of animals. Emily Gaarder analyzes the politics of gender in the movement, incorporating in-depth interviews with women and participant observation of animal rights organizations, conferences, and protests to describe struggles over divisions of labor and leadership. Controversies over PETA advertising campaigns that rely on women's sexuality to "sell" animal rights illustrate how female crusaders are asked to prioritize the cause of animals above all else. Gaarder underscores the importance of a paradigm shift in the animal liberation movement, one that seeks a more integrated vision of animal rights that connects universally to other issues--gender, race, economics, and the environment--highlighting that many women activists recognize and are motivated by the connection between the oppression of animals and other social injustices.


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