How does prejudice grow and mutate? What does intolerance, when transferred from human beings onto animals, do to those creatures? And what, in return, does it do to us?
Cormorant is the gripping story of a 'greedy' bird hated across the world, the object of global conflict between the fishing industry on the one hand and environmental science on the other. Gordon McMullan's book reveals that cormorants have been loathed for centuries, a detestation that has metamorphosed over time. Drawing on fields which include literature, art history and zoology, and ranging from America to China and from Britain to Peru, Cormorant explores racism, xenophobia and capitalism through the remarkable story of a bird.
McMullan argues that if in the present we are to recognize prejudicial attitudes towards animals and our fellow human beings, then we need to look to the past to understand how those viewpoints have taken hold.
| ISBN: | 9781009652988 |
| Publication date: | 2nd April 2026 |
| Author: | Gordon McMullan |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 422 pages |
| Genres: |
Animals in art Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism Capitalism History of art Wildlife: general interest The environment Literature: history and criticism |
How does prejudice grow and mutate? What does intolerance, when transferred from human beings onto animals, do to those creatures?
Cormorant features in the following genres: Animals in art, Racism and racial discrimination / Anti-racism, Capitalism, History of art, Wildlife: general interest, The environment, Literature: history and criticism
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Cormorant was written by Gordon McMullan and published by Cambridge University Press
Cormorant has 422 pages
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