Critical Animal Studies (CAS) Applied to the Mule: Nostalgic Loss and Futile Recovery in Two Contemporary Southern U.S. Stories

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Result on the web

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Critical Animal Studies (CAS) Applied to the Mule: Nostalgic Loss and Futile Recovery in Two Contemporary Southern U.S. Stories

Original language description

Fiction about animals has often been under renewed examination over the past two decades using new theories which break from traditional hierarchical notions of the superiority of humans as well as provide new insights regarding the relationship between humans and animals. No longer are animals to be understood merely as literary symbols in the conventional tradition. An effort over the last two decades has come about to represent the thoughts, attitudes and perspectives of animals, reflecting demands for a more humane treatment of animals. Philosophers of ethics reconsider the moral justification of using animals like machines, beasts of burden or even as food; this new area of study is known as Critical Animal Studies (CAS) and has wide applications. The need to reconsider human – nonhuman animal relations (specifically the mule and horse) is at the center of this article which examines two short stories focussing on mules in recent Southern U.S. publications. In both stories, retired Southern men face family conflicts and reflect on their lives, responding with the nuanced understanding of the benefit of the presence of mules near the end of their lives.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_ost - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60206 - Specific literatures

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

GRANT Journal

ISSN

1805-062X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

9

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

5

Pages from-to

31-35

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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