| Description |
xviii, 265 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword by Carol J. Adams -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue : From vivisection to animal rights -- Speciesism and language -- False categories : how we define us and them -- Animal attributes : the verbal dichotomy -- Victims mistaken for game : the language of hunting -- Cruelty by deception : the language of sportfishing -- Freedom denied : the language of zoos -- More speciesism on display : the language of aquariums and marine parks -- In the name of science : the language of vivisection -- Feeding on flesh, milk, eggs, and lies : the language of animal agriculture -- Pronoun politics -- Bitches, monkeys, and guinea pigs : animal metaphors -- Persons of other species : toward a legal redefinition -- Style guidelines : countering speciesism |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Animal intelligence.
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Animal rights.
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Animal welfare.
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Emotions in animals.
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Language and ethics.
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Psychology, Comparative.
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| LC no. |
00192984 |
| ISBN |
0970647557 |
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