Reading the animal text in the landscape of the damned looks at the
diverse texts of our everyday world relating to nonhuman animals and
examines the meanings we imbibe from them. It describes ways in which we
can explore such artefacts, especially from the perspective of groups
and individuals with little or no power. This work understands the
oppression of nonhuman animals as being part of a spectrum incorporating
sexism, racism, xenophobia, economic exploitation and other forms of
oppression. The enquiry includes, physical landscapes, the law, women's
rights, history, slavery, language use, economic coercion, farming,
animal experimentation and much more.
Reading the animal text in the landscape of the damned is an academic
work but is accessible, theoretically based but robustly practical and
it encourages the reader to take this enquiry further for both
themselves and for others.