Screening the Nonhuman: Representations of Animal Others in the Media

by Michael Atkinson and Sean Parson

Book Overview

Screening the Nonhuman draws connections between how animals represented on screen translate into reality. In doing so, the book demonstrates that consuming media is not a neutral act but rather a political one. The images humans consume have real world consequences for how animals are treated as actors, as pets, and in nature. The contributors propose that altering the representations of animals can change the way humans relate to non/humans. Our...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 149851376X
• ISBN13: 9781498513760
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"