Origin of adult animal rights lifestyle in childhood responsiveness to animal suffering

Society and Animals

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-170

  Pallotta, Nicole R ^a  

^a Independent Scholar Animal Legal Defense Fund   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal activists; Animal rights; Children; Dominant culture; Empathy; Resistance; Socialization; Veganism

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 43949126512     PISSN: 10631119     EISSN: 15685306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853008X291435     Document Type: Article

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