Reading Slaughter: Abattoir Fictions, Space, and Empathy in Late Modernity examines literary depictions of slaughterhouses from the development of the industrial abattoir in the late nineteenth century to today. The book focuses on how increasing and ongoing isolation and concealment of slaughter from the surrounding society affects readings and depictions of slaughter and abattoirs in literature, and on the degree to which depictions of animals being slaughtered creates an avenue for empathic reactions in the reader or the opportunity for reflections on human-animal relations.
Through chapters on abattoir fictions in relation to narrative empathy, anthropomorphism, urban spaces, rural spaces, human identities and horror fiction, Sune Borkfelt contributes to debates in literary animal studies, human-animal studies and beyond.
| ISBN: | 9783030989149 |
| Publication date: | 7th May 2022 |
| Author: | Sune Borkfelt |
| Publisher: | Springer Nature Switzerland AG |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 279 pages |
| Series: | Palgrave Studies in Animals and Literature |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Cultural studies Animals and society Bioethics |
Reading Slaughter: Abattoir Fictions, Space, and Empathy in Late Modernity examines literary depictions of slaughterhouses from the development of the industrial abattoir in the late nineteenth century to today. The book focuses on how increasing and ongoing isolation and concealment of slaughter from the surrounding society affects readings and depictions of slaughter and abattoirs in literature, and on the degree to which depictions of animals being slaughtered creates an avenue for empathic reactions in the reader or the opportunity for reflections on human-animal relations.
Reading Slaughter features in the following genres: Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Cultural studies, Animals and society, Bioethics
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Reading Slaughter was written by Sune Borkfelt and published by Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Reading Slaughter has 279 pages
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