Essays about: "critical animal studies"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 33 essays containing the words critical animal studies.

  1. 21. Intersectional oppression across species boundaries: Swedish dairy production as force of oppressive ideology and practice

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

    Author : Jana Canavan; [2016]
    Keywords : intersectionality of oppression; speciesism; animal welfarism; Swedish dairy farming; critical animal studies; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study demonstrates that the anthropocentric human-animal divide perpetuates violent ideologies and practices by emphasising the intersectionality of oppression across species boundaries. Taking the practice of Swedish dairy farming and inherent ideologies as a case of such intersectional oppression, the Othering of bovines and their treatment as means of production is problematised. READ MORE

  3. 22. Endotrakeal intubering av brakycefala hundar

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Elise Linnerheim; [2016]
    Keywords : brakycefal; BOAS; trubbnos; intubera; endotrakealtub; tubstorlek; allmän anestesi;

    Abstract : De brakycefala raserna har under det senaste decenniet blivit allt mer populära i Sverige. Över 500 veterinärer har uttryckt sin oro över deras hälsa och ett arbete med Svenska Kennelklubben har påbörjats. READ MORE

  4. 23. Mobil och småskalig slakt av idisslare : bättre än storskalig stationär slakt för djuren och köttkvaliteten?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Karin Jonsson; [2016]
    Keywords : mobilt slakteri; småskalig slakt; stress; köttkvalitet; mobile abattoir; small-scale slaughter; meat quality;

    Abstract : Runt om i hela världen, inklusive Sverige, pågår en omstrukturering av lantbruket och produktionen av animaliska livsmedel. Det innebär att antalet gårdar blir färre, större och mer specialiserade, detsamma gäller för slakterierna. READ MORE

  5. 24. Localisation of TRP Channels in Mammalian Skin

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Examensarbeten i molekylärbiologi

    Author : Rebekah Beck; [2015]
    Keywords : Biology and Life Sciences;

    Abstract : Perception of temperature in mammals is critical for their survival, it enables them to perceive the world around them and act with an appropriate physiological or behavioural response. However, the full understanding of the thermosensory system in mammals has thus far been clouded. READ MORE

  6. 25. “Visibility is a Trap” : Revealing the Metaphor of the Simian in Naked Lunch. 

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Monika Borduz; [2015]
    Keywords : normalization; simian; abnormality; critical animal studies; power mechanisms; Michel Foucault; metaphor; monkey; ape; William S Burroughs; docile body; Naked Lunch; uninhibited human; duality;

    Abstract : Thus far, the novel Naked Lunch has not been discussed from the aspect of critical animal studies, nor has it been connected to the theories of Michel Foucault. This essay however, argues that these diverse fields could be connected through the use of the simians that are frequently employed in Naked Lunch. READ MORE