Afro-Dog : : Blackness and the Animal Question / / Bénédicte Boisseron.

The animal-rights organization PETA asked "Are Animals the New Slaves?" in a controversial 2005 fundraising campaign; that same year, after the Humane Society rescued pets in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina while black residents were neglected, some declared that white America cares mor...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2018]
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Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: Blackness Without Analog
  • 1. Is the Animal the New Black?
  • 2. Blacks and Dogs in the Americas
  • 3. The Commensal Dog in a Creole Context
  • 4. Dog Ownership in the Diaspora
  • 5. The Naked Truth About Cats and Blacks
  • Coda
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index