Intersecting Spaces and Species: Women´s Bodies and the Domestic Sphere in Animal Rights Activism

Intersecting Spaces and Species: Women´s Bodies and the Domestic Sphere in Animal Rights Activism

The object of this article is to explore how current animal rights activism draws on images of women-animal corporeal hybrids to articulate a plight for animals, and how the domestic setting used in such campaigns is strategically conveyed to either instill sympathy or abhorrence at the ‘miscegenati...

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Main Author: Claudia Alonso Recarte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2013-01-01
Series:Investigaciones Feministas
Subjects:
mujeres
campañas de derechos de los animales
cuerpos híbridos
espacios domésticos.
Online Access:http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/INFE/article/view/41138
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spelling doaj-39f55adb20f540ae9bdc479379bcdf4c2020-11-25T00:57:57ZengUniversidad Complutense de MadridInvestigaciones Feministas2171-60802013-01-0130859810.5209/rev_INFE.2012.v3.4113840421Intersecting Spaces and Species: Women´s Bodies and the Domestic Sphere in Animal Rights ActivismClaudia Alonso Recarte0Universidad de Castilla-La ManchaThe object of this article is to explore how current animal rights activism draws on images of women-animal corporeal hybrids to articulate a plight for animals, and how the domestic setting used in such campaigns is strategically conveyed to either instill sympathy or abhorrence at the ‘miscegenation’ of species within a single bodily space. I begin with a few observations on the matter of animal ontology in accordance with the muchdebated notion of commonness with humans (and in particular women). I then make a comparative analysis between video campaigns by two major animal rights organizations, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to evaluate how their rhetoric of species hybridism conveys different assumptions regarding womanhood, and how domestic settings serve as instrumental tools through which to strengthen their rhetoric of animal liberation.http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/INFE/article/view/41138mujerescampañas de derechos de los animalescuerpos híbridosespacios domésticos.
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author Claudia Alonso Recarte
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Intersecting Spaces and Species: Women´s Bodies and the Domestic Sphere in Animal Rights Activism
Investigaciones Feministas
mujeres
campañas de derechos de los animales
cuerpos híbridos
espacios domésticos.
author_facet Claudia Alonso Recarte
author_sort Claudia Alonso Recarte
title Intersecting Spaces and Species: Women´s Bodies and the Domestic Sphere in Animal Rights Activism
title_short Intersecting Spaces and Species: Women´s Bodies and the Domestic Sphere in Animal Rights Activism
title_full Intersecting Spaces and Species: Women´s Bodies and the Domestic Sphere in Animal Rights Activism
title_fullStr Intersecting Spaces and Species: Women´s Bodies and the Domestic Sphere in Animal Rights Activism
title_full_unstemmed Intersecting Spaces and Species: Women´s Bodies and the Domestic Sphere in Animal Rights Activism
title_sort intersecting spaces and species: women´s bodies and the domestic sphere in animal rights activism
publisher Universidad Complutense de Madrid
series Investigaciones Feministas
issn 2171-6080
publishDate 2013-01-01
description The object of this article is to explore how current animal rights activism draws on images of women-animal corporeal hybrids to articulate a plight for animals, and how the domestic setting used in such campaigns is strategically conveyed to either instill sympathy or abhorrence at the ‘miscegenation’ of species within a single bodily space. I begin with a few observations on the matter of animal ontology in accordance with the muchdebated notion of commonness with humans (and in particular women). I then make a comparative analysis between video campaigns by two major animal rights organizations, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to evaluate how their rhetoric of species hybridism conveys different assumptions regarding womanhood, and how domestic settings serve as instrumental tools through which to strengthen their rhetoric of animal liberation.
topic mujeres
campañas de derechos de los animales
cuerpos híbridos
espacios domésticos.
url http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/INFE/article/view/41138
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