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Human minds and animal stories : how narratives make us care about other species /

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The power of stories to raise our concern for animals has been postulated throughout history by countless scholars, activists, and writers, including such greats as Thomas Hardy and Leo Tolstoy. This is the first book to investigate that power and explain the psychological and cultural mechanisms be...

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Main Authors: Małecki, Wojciech (Professor of literary theory) (Author), Sorokowski, Piotr (Author), Pawlowski, Boguslaw (Author), Cieński, Marcin (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.
Series:Routledge studies in world literatures and the environment.
Subjects:
Human-animal relationships.
Interdisciplinary research.
Human-animal relationships in literature.
Animals in literature.
Relations homme-animal.
Recherche interdisciplinaire.
Relations homme-animal dans la littérature.
Animaux dans la littérature.
PHILOSOPHY > Epistemology.
LITERARY COLLECTIONS > General.
Interdisciplinary research
Human-animal relationships
Human-animal relationships in literature
Animals in literature
Animals
Knowledge, Theory of
Other minds (Theory of knowledge)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Texts, statistics, and deception: on our investigative method
  • A monkey, a book, and Facebook, or how to catch a story in the act
  • Does it matter if it is true? on slaughterhouses, fiction, and non-fiction
  • Does it matter how it is told? on species, stylistics, and voices
  • Does it matter who it is about? on chimpanzees, lizards, and other main characters
  • How does it work? from readerly pleasure to animal cruelty
  • How long will it work? a short chapter on attitudinal impact over time
  • Conclusions, speculations, and prospects
  • Appendices.