Sociological study of how Western children learn to treat animals as pets, food, and resources through family, school, media, and marketing.
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Sociological study of how Western children learn to treat animals as pets, food, and resources through family, school, media, and marketing.
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Focusing on the socialization of the human use of other animals as resources in contemporary Western society, this book explores the cultural reproduction of human-nonhuman animal relations in childhood. With close attention to the dominant practices through which children encounter animals and mainstream representations of animals in children's culture - whether in terms of the selective exposure of children to animals as ‘pets’ or as food in the home or in school, or the representation of anim...
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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No romantic or sexual content present
Violence & gore
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Academic discussion of animal killing and slaughter, not graphic scenes
Profanity
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No profanity present
Substance use
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No substance use depicted
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ characters or identity themes present
Religious content
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No religious themes present
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Central critique of capitalism, anthroparchy, and normalized animal domination
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide content present
Abuse & suffering
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Central focus on animal exploitation, oppression, and veiled killing practices
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