Banwell, Stacy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7395-2617 (2023) The war against nonhuman animals: a non-speciesist understanding of gendered reproductive violence. Law and Criminology (R0) . Palgrave Macmillan - Springer Link, Cham, Switzerland. ISBN 978-3031304309; 978-3031304293; 978-3031304323

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Abstract

We are currently engaged in an existential species war against nonhuman animals. This book argues that, during this war, nonhuman animals should be granted legal personhood and treated as ‘protected persons’ rather than the property of ‘protected persons.’ The main argument is that War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity – rape, forced pregnancy and other acts of sexual violence – are being committed within the meat, egg and dairy industries. Avoiding ‘dreaded comparisons’, the book explores shared sources of oppression between human and nonhuman animals who are subject to the expressions and consequences of reproductive violence. It asks: what drives and facilitates the war against nonhuman animals? And what are the global consequences of this war? Throughout, it demonstrates how racism, sexism, and speciesism informs both intrahuman violence and the violence(s) of the animal-industrial complex. Ultimately the book asks us to reconsider what it means to be human.

Item Type:	Book
Uncontrolled Keywords:	violence; green criminology; animal ethics; gendered crimes; crimes against animals; war studies; crime and gender; women's studies; gender and conflict; environmental studies dairy industry; eco justice; security studies; ecofeminism
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) J Political Science > JA Political science (General) K Law > K Law (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences > Gender, Deviance & Society (GDS) Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences > School of Law & Criminology (LAC)
Related URLs:	http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/97...
Last Modified:	18 May 2023 15:48
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/42567

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