Bad Dog: Pit Bull Politics and Multispecies Justice Weaver Harlan
Bad Dog: Pit Bull Politics and Multispecies Justice Weaver Harlan Fifty-plus years of media fearmongering coupled with targeted breed bans have produced what could be called "America's Most Wanted"…
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Bad Dog: Pit Bull Politics and Multispecies Justice Weaver Harlan
Fifty-plus years of media fearmongering coupled with targeted breed bans have produced what could be called "America's Most Wanted" dog: the pit bull. Harlan Weaver proposes a critical and However, at the turn of the twenty-first century, competing narratives began to change the meaning of "pit bull." Increasingly represented as loving members of mostly white, middle-class, heteronormative families, pit bulls and pit bull-type dogs are now frequently seen as victims rather than perpetrators, beings deserving not fear or scorn but rather care and compassion.Drawing from the increasingly contentious world of human/dog politics and featuring rich ethnographic research among dogs and their advocates, Bad Dog explores how relationships between humans and animals not only reflect but actively shape experiences of race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, nation, breed, and species.