Women and the Animal Rights Movement /

Women and the Animal Rights Movement / / Emily Gaarder.

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Animal rights is one of the fastest growing social movements today. Women greatly outnumber men as activists, yet surprisingly, little has been written about the importance and impact of gender on the movement. Women and the Animal Rights Movement combats stereotypes of women activists as mere senti...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Gaarder, Emily,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (176 p.) :; 2 illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Connecting Inequalities
  • 2. The Road to Animal Activism
  • 3. Where the Boys Aren't
  • 4. Risk and Reward
  • 5. Gender Divisions in Labor, Leadership, and Legitimacy
  • 6. "The Animals Come First"
  • 7. Connections, Contexts, and Conclusions
  • Sketch of the Women Activists Interviewed
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the author

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