Essays about: "the animal gaze"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words the animal gaze.

  1. 1. A Reader’s Response Approach to Lydia Millet’s “Zoogoing”

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Nahid Al-Tehmazi; [2021]
    Keywords : Climate change; climate fiction; empirical ecocriticism; reader-response theory;

    Abstract : Since its establishment, the study of environmental literature has included a great deal of research which has based its arguments on assumptions that state that climate fiction contains persuasive elements that are impactful on readers. The problem with these assumptions is that they do not offer any empirical proof to demonstrate their arguments. READ MORE

  3. 2. THE WATCHING DOG The Animal Gaze in Jack London’s “To Build a Fire”

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Amanda Flinck; [2018-09-19]
    Keywords : Jack London; To Build a Fire; animals; the animal gaze;

    Abstract : This essay examines the role of the nameless dog in Jack London’s 1908 short story “To Build a Fire”. While it is a story previously studied for its naturalist and determinist themes, this essay turns the spotlight onto the dog as a significant character that should not be overlooked in readings of the story. READ MORE

  4. 3. "The Speciesism Gaze!?" : An ethical discursive analysis of animal right posters from a postcolonial, eco-critical and new materialist feminist perspective.

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för sociala och psykologiska studier

    Author : Lena Johansson; [2017]
    Keywords : speciesism gaze; sexism; racism; grievability; killability; species necropolitics; anthropocentrism; androcentrism; anthropocene; intertextuality; intersectionality; eco-critical; new materialism feminism; post humanities; animal rights; blicken av speciesism; rasism; antropocentrism; androcentrism; antropocen; intertextualitet; intersektionalitet; eko-kritisk; djurs rätt;

    Abstract : Our western society and lifestyle is to a considerable extent depended on the way we perceive and treat our co-existing non-human species. Industrial farming, vivisection, sports, circuses etcetera are just a few examples of how human use and exploit animal bodies for own gain. READ MORE

  5. 4. Hjälpsökarbeteendet hos hundar på ett hundstall

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

    Author : Sara Granström; [2017]
    Keywords : hund; beteende; kommunikation; hundstall;

    Abstract : Dogs are known to be very good at communicating with humans and they understand human communication, this is probably a product of the domestication process. It has been shown in other studies that dogs seek help from humans when they encounter an unsolvable task, they seek help by gazing, touching or vocalizing towards the human. READ MORE

  6. 5. Women, Animals and Meat : A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Approach to Margaret Atwood's The Edible Woman and Michel Faber's Under the Skin

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Anne Drewett; [2016]
    Keywords : Margaret Atwood; The Edible Woman; Michel Faber; Under The Skin; Carol J. Adams; feminist-vegetarian critical theory; interlocking oppressions; absent referent; patriarchy; speciesism; gender; sexualisation; objectification; women; animals; meat;

    Abstract : In this thesis, Margaret Atwood’s The Edible Woman and Michel Faber’s Under the Skin are analysed from the perspective of feminist-vegetarian critical theory. Both texts deal with the idea of feeling like or being meat, but approach this idea from different angles. READ MORE