A hostile world for nonhuman animals: Human identification and the oppression of nonhuman animals for human good1

Sociology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-102

  Peggs, Kay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'other'; Animals; Discourse; Exploitation; Human; Identity; Moral; Performative; Politics; Primacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 59249104603     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038508099099     Document Type: Article

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