Words matter: they mold and mirror our values and our reality. And so it
is with the language we use to think and talk about species other than
our own. In Tongue-Tied, Hanh Nguyen unpacks the many metaphors,
meanings, and grammatical formulations that speak to and echo our
physical exploitation of other-than-human animals, and shows how they
constrain our abilities to relate to our animal kin fairly and honestly.
Full of subtle insights and richly suggestive observations, and drawing
from Nguyen's own cross-cultural experiences, Tongue-Tied offers a
glimpse of a language that is freed from euphemistic self-deception, one
that accepts definition without limitation and difference without
hierarchy.