Recommended Reading (by Discipline)

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Animal Studies Reading List (Recommended by ASRI Scholars)

Organized by discipline, with some overlaps:

• • Animal Law & Policy
  • Anthropology
  • Art History & Visual Studies
  • Biopolitical Approaches
  • Companion Reference
  • Conservation / Environmental Studies / Geography
  • COVID-19 Related Research
  • Critical Animal Studies / Sociology
  • Ecofeminism / Feminism / Feminist Care Ethics
  • Education
  • Ethology
  • Philosophy
  • Political Science / Political Theory
  • Postcolonial / Decolonial / Anti-Colonial / Critical Race Theory Studies
  • Psychology / Trans-species Psychology
  • Social Work

  Animal Law & Policy

  • • About Canada: Animal Rights (John Sorenson, About Canada: Animal Rights, Halifax: Fernwood Publishing, 2010).
    • “Animal Rights: The Need for a Theoretical Basis” (Martha C. Nussbaum, “Animal Rights: The Need for a Theoretical Basis,” Harvard Law Review114, 2001: 1506-49).
    • Animals and the Law (Lesli Bisgould, Animals and the Law, Irwin Law, 2011).
    • Animals, Property, and the Law (Gary L. Francione, Animals, Property, and the Law, Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1995).
    • Animals as Legal Beings: Contesting Anthropocentric Legal Orders (Maneesha Deckha, Animals as Legal Beings: Contesting Anthropocentric Legal Orders, University of Toronto Press, 2021).
    • Canadian Perspectives on Animals and the Law (Canadian Perspectives on Animals and the Law, Peter Sankoff, Vaughan Black and Katie Sykes, eds., Irwin Law, 2015).
    • An Introduction to Animals and the Law (Joan E. Schaffner, An Introduction to Animals and the Law, Springer, 2010). Google Books
    • Rattling the Cage: Toward Legal Rights for Animals (Steven M. Wise, Rattling the Cage: Toward Legal Rights for Animals, Cambridge, Mass.: Perseus, 2000). Google Books
    • “The Salience of Species Difference for Feminist Theory” (Maneesha Deckha, “The Salience of Species Difference for Feminist Theory,” Hastings Women’s Law Journal 17, no. 1 (Winter 2006): 1-38).
    • The Subjugation of Canadian Wildlife: Failures of Principle and Policy (Max Foran, The Subjugation of Canadian Wildlife: Failures of Principle and Policy, McGill-Queen’s Press – MQUP, 2018). Google Books
    • “Vulnerability, Equality, and Animals” (Maneesha Deckha, “Vulnerability, Equality, and Animals,” Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 27:1, 2015, 47-70).
    • “Welfarist and Imperial: The Contributions of Anti-Cruelty Legislation to Civilizational Discourse” (Maneesha Deckha, “Welfarist and Imperial: The Contributions of Anti-Cruelty Legislation to Civilizational Discourse,” American Quarterly 65:3, 2013, 515–548).

    Anthropology

    • Animal Intimacies: Interspecies Relatedness in India’s Central Himalayas (Radhika Govidrijan, Animal Intimacies: Interspecies Relatedness in India’s Central Himalayas, University of Chicago Press, 2018).
    • Humans and Other Animals: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Human-Animal Interactions (Samantha Hurn, Humans and Other Animals: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Human-Animal Interactions, Pluto Press, 2012).

    Art History & Visual Studies

    

    • The Art of the Animal: Fourteen Women Artists Explore The Sexual Politics of Meat (The Art of the Animal: Fourteen Women Artists Explore The Sexual Politics of Meat, Kathryn Eddy, L.A. Watson, eds., Lantern Books, 2015). Google Books
    • Art for Animals: Visual Culture and Animal Advocacy, 1870–1914  (J. Keri Cronin, Art for Animals: Visual Culture and Animal Advocacy, 1870–1914, The Pennsylvania State Press, 2018). Google Books

    Biopolitical Approaches

    

    • Animal Capital: Rendering Life in Biopolitical Times (Nicole Shukin, Animal Capital: Rendering Life in Biopolitical Times, University of Minnesota Press, 2009). Google Books

    Companion Reference

    • The Routledge Companion to Animal-Human History (Hilda Kean, Philip Howell, eds., Routledge, 2018). Google Books

    Conservation / Environmental Studies / Geography

    • Rewilding Our Hearts: Building Pathways of Compassion and Coexistence (Mark Bekoff, Rewilding Our Hearts: Building Pathways of Compassion and Coexistence, New World Library, 2014). Google Books
    • The Subjugation of Canadian Wildlife: Failures of Principle and Policy (Max Foran, The Subjugation of Canadian Wildlife: Failures of Principle and Policy, McGill-Queen’s Press – MQUP, 2018). Google Books

    COVID-19 Related Research

    • “Animals Manifesto: Preventing COVID-X” (With a foreward by Jane Goodall DBE, the 2020 Animals’ Manifesto is a joint call to action from 150 animal and environmental protection agencies, calling for the inclusion of animal welfare in international COVID-19 recovery policies). Download
    • “What the Covid Crisis is Telling Humanity.” David Wiebers and Valery Feigin, “What the COVID-19 crisis is telling humanity, Animal Sentience 30(1), 2020. https://www.wellbeingintlstudiesrepository.org/animsent/vol5/iss30/1/

    Critical Animal Studies, Sociology

    • Anarchism and Animal Liberation: Essays on Complementary Elements of Total Liberation (Anthony Nocella, Richard J White and Erika Cudworth, eds., McFarland, 2015). Google Books
    • Animal Factories (Jim Mason and Peter Singer, Animal Factories, New York: Crown, 1980).
    • Animal Oppression and Capitalism,  ed. David Nibert (2 volumes), ABC-CLIO LLC, 2017. Vol. 1: The Oppression of Non-human Animals as Sources of Food, Vol. 2: The Oppressive and Destructive Role of Capitalism, Google Books
    • Animal Oppression and Human Violence: Domesecration, Capitalism, and Global Conflict (David A. Nibert, Animal Oppression and Human Violence: Domesecration, Capitalism, and Global Conflict, Columbia University Press, 2013. Google Books
    • “Animal Oppression and Solidarity: Examining Representations of Animals and Their Allies in Twenty-First Century Media.” (Tayler Zavitz and Corie Kielbiski, “Animal Oppression and Solidarity: Examining Representations of Animals and Their Allies in Twenty-First Century Media,” Media, Networking Knowledge 14:2 [Climate, Creatures and COVID-19 Special Issue], Oct. 2021).
    • Animal Subjects 2.0 (Jodey Castricano and Lauren Corman, eds., Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2016). Google Books
    • Animal Subjects: An Ethical Reader in a Posthuman World (Jodey Castricano, ed., Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2008).
    • Animals and Nature: Cultural Myths, Cultural Realities (Rod Preece, Animals and Nature: Cultural Myths, Cultural Realities, UBC Press, 2005). Google Books
    • Animals and Society (Margo DeMello, Animals and Society, Columbia University Press, 2012). Google Books
    • Ape (John Sorenson, Ape, Reaction, 2009). Google Books
    • The Cow with Ear Tag #1389 (Kathryn Gillespie, The Cow with Ear Tag #1389, University of Chicago Press, 2018). Google Books
    • Constructing Ecoterrorism: Capitalism, Speciesism & Animal Rights (John Sorenson, Constructing Ecoterrorism: Capitalism, Speciesism & Animal Rights, Fernwood Publishing, 2016). Google Books
    • Critical Animal Studies: Thinking the Unthinkable (ed. by John Sorenson, Canadian Scholars’ Press, 2014) Google Books
    • Critical Terms for Animal Studies (ed. by Lori Gruen, University of Chicago Press, 2018)
    • Critical Theory and Animal Liberation(John Sanbonmatsu, Critical Theory and Animal Liberation, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2011). Google Books
    • Defining Critical Animal Studies: An Intersectional Social Justice Approach for Liberation (Anthony J. Nocella, John Sorenson, Kim Socha, Atsuko Matsuoka, Defining Critical Animal Studies: An Intersectional Social Justice Approach for Liberation, Peter Lang, 2014). Google Books
    • Fear of the Animal Planet: The Hidden History of Animal Resistance(Jason Hribal, Fear of the Animal Planet: The Hidden History of Animal ResistanceAK Press, 2011). Google Books
    • Green Is the New Red: An Insider’s Account of a Social Movement Under Siege (Will Potter, Green Is the New Red: An Insider’s Account of a Social Movement Under Siege City Lights Publishers, 2011). Google Books
    • “How Pigeons Become Rats: The Cultural-Spatial Logic of Problem Animals” (article) (Colin Jerolmack, “How Pigeons Become Rats: The Cultural-Spatial Logic of Problem Animals,” Social Problems 55:1 (2008).
    • Muzzling a Movement: The Effects of Anti-terrorism Law, Money, and Politics on Animal Activism (Dara Lovitz,Muzzling a Movement: The Effects of Anti-terrorism Law, Money, and Politics on Animal Activism Lantern Books, 2010). Google Books
    • The Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series: Critical Perspectives on Veganism (Jodey Castricano and Rasmus R. Simonsen, eds., Palgrave Macmillan, 2016). Google Books
    • The Rise of Critical Animal Studies: From the Margins to the Centre(Nik Taylor, Richard Twine, The Rise of Critical Animal Studies: From the Margins to the Centre, Routledge, 2014). Google Books
    • The Terrorization of Dissent (The Terrorization of Dissent, Jason Del Gandio and Anthony Nocella, eds., Lantern Books, 2014). Google Books
    • An Unnatural Order: Uncovering the Roots of Our Domination of Nature and Each Other (Jim Mason, An Unnatural Order: Uncovering the Roots of Our Domination of Nature and Each Other, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1993).

    Ecofeminism / Feminism / Feminist Care Ethics

    • Animals and Women: Feminist Theoretical Explorations (Carol J. Adams and Josephine Donovan, eds., Durham: Duke University Press, 2011).
    • Beyond Animal Rights: A Feminist Caring Ethic for the Treatment of Animals (Josephine Donovan and Carol J. Adams, eds., New York: Continuum, 1996).
    • The Biophilia Hypothesis (Stephen R. Kellert and Edward O. Wilson, eds., Washington: Island Press, 1993) Google Books
    • Critical Ecofeminism (Greta Gaard, Critical Ecofeminism, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2017). Google Books
    • The Dreaded Comparison: Human and Animal Slavery (Marjorie Spiegel, The Dreaded Comparison: Human and Animal Slavery, New York: Mirror, rev. ed. 1996).
    • Ecofeminism: Feminist Intersections with Other Animals and the Earth (Carol J. Adams and Lori Gruen, eds., New York: Bloomsbury, 2014).
    • Ecofeminism: Women, Animals, Nature (Greta Gaard, ed., Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1993).
    • The Feminist Care Tradition in Animal Ethics: A Reader (Josephine Donovan, The Feminist Care Tradition in Animal Ethics: A Reader, New York: Columbia University Press, 2007). Google Books
    • “Integrating Ethical Frameworks for Animals, Humans, and Nature: A Critical Feminist Eco-Socialist Analysis” (Val Plumwood, “Integrating Ethical Frameworks for Animals, Humans, and Nature: A Critical Feminist Eco-Socialist Analysis,” Ethics & the Environment 5:2 (2000), 285-322.)
    • International Perspectives in Feminist Ecocriticism (Greta Gaard, Simon C. Estok, and Serpil Oppermann, eds., London: Routledge, 2013). Google Books
    • The Pornography of Meat (Carol J. Adams, The Pornography of Meat,Lantern, 2014). Google Books
    • Racism as Zoological Witchcraft: A Guide to Getting Out (Aph Ko, Racism as Zoological Witchcraft: A Guide to Getting Out (Lantern Books, 2019). Google Books
    • The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory(Carol J. Adams, The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory, 10th-anniversary ed. New York: Continuum, 2000).
    • “The Rights of Animals and the Demands of Nature” (Dale Jamieson, “The Rights of Animals and the Demands of Nature,” Environmental Values 17, 2008: 181-99).

    Education

    • Animals in Schools: Processes and Strategies in Human-animal Education (Helena Pedersen, Animals in Schools: Processes and Strategies in Human-animal Education, Purdue University Press, 2010). Google Books
    • Education for Total Liberation: Critical Animal Pedagogy and Teaching Against Speciesism (Education for Total Liberation, Eds. Anthony J. Nocella II et al, Peter Lang Verlag,
      2019.)
    • “Gracious Pedagogy.” Patricia MacCormack, “Gracious Pedagogy,” Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy 10:1, Taylor & Frances, 2013.)
    • Learning Animals: Curriculum, Pedagogy and Becoming a Veterinarian – 1 (Nadine Dolby, Learning Animals: Curriculum, Pedagogy and Becoming a Veterinarian 1, Routledge, 2022. Google Books
    • “Learning to Exploit: The Socialization of Animal Science Undergraduates.” (Nathan Poirier, “Learning to Exploit: The Socialization of Animal Science Undergraduates,” Sociological Enquiry 91:4, 2021.)
    • “Reproducing Dominion: Emotional Apprenticeship in the 4-H Youth Livestock Program” (Leslie Irvine and Colter Ellis, “Reproducing Dominion: Emotional Apprenticeship in the 4-H Youth Livestock Program,” Society and Animals, Jan. 2010.
    • Schizoanalysis and Animal Science Education (Helena Pedersen,Schizoanalysis and Animal Science Education, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019). Google Books

    Ethology

    • The Animal Manifesto: Six Reasons for Expanding Our Compassion Footprint (Marc Bekoff, The Animal Manifesto: Six Reasons for Expanding Our Compassion Footprint, New World Library, 2010). Google Books
    • Animal Minds: Beyond Cognition to Consciousness (Donald R. Griffin, Animal Minds: Beyond Cognition to Consciousness, University of Chicago Press, 2001). 2nd Edition, Google Books
    • “Animal Minds Cognitive Ethology and Ethics” (Colin Allen and Marc Bekoff, “Animal Minds Cognitive Ethology and Ethics,” The Journal of Ethics 11: 299-317.
    • Animal Social Complexity: Intelligence, Culture, and Individualized Societies (Frans B. M. de Waal and Peter L. Tyack, eds., Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2003.
    • Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? (Frans de Waal, W. W. Norton & Company, 2016). Google Books
    • The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy — and Why They Matter (Marc Bekoff, The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy — and Why They Matter, New World Library, 2010). Google Books
    • Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans (John Marzluff, Tony Angell, Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans, Simon and Schuster, 2013). Google Books
    • Ignoring Nature No More: The Case for Compassionate Conservation (Marc Bekoff, Ignoring Nature No More: The Case for Compassionate Conservation, University of Chicago Press, 2013). Google Books
    • Second Nature: The Inner Lives of Animals (Jonathan Balcombe,Second Nature: The Inner Lives of Animals, St. Martin’s Publishing Group, 2010). Google Books
    • What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins(Jonathan Balcombe, What a Fish Knows: The Inner Lives of Our Underwater Cousins, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016). Google Books

    Philosophy

    • The Animal That Therefore I Am (Jacques Derrida, The Animal That Therefore I Am, trans. Marie-Louise Mallet, New York: Fordham University Press, 2008).
    • Animals and Ethics: An Overview of the Philosophical Debate. (Angus Taylor, Animals and Ethics: An Overview of the Philosophical DebateBroadview Press, 2009). (First Edition 2003). Google Books
    • Animals & Ethics Bibliography
    • Animal Rights/Human Rights: Entanglements of Oppression and Liberation (David Nibert, Animal Rights/Human Rights: Entanglements of Oppression and Liberation, Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2002).
    • Animals’ Rights Considered in Relation to Social Progress (Henry S. Salt, Animals’ Rights Considered in Relation to Social Progress, London: Centaur Press, 1980. First published in 1892.
    • Frontiers of Justice: Disability, Nationality, Species Membership (Martha C. Nussbaum, Frontiers of Justice: Disability, Nationality, Species Membership, Harvard University Press, 2006).
    • In Search of Consistency: Ethics and Animals (Lisa Kemmerer, In Search of Consistency: Ethics and Animals, Leiden: Brill, 2006).
    • What is Posthumanism? (Cary Wolfe, What is Posthumanism?, University of Minnesota Press, 2010). Google Books
    • Zoographies: The Question of the Animal from Heidegger to Derrida (Matthew Calarco, Zoographies: The Question of the Animal from Heidegger to Derrida, New York: Columbia University Press, 2008).

    Political Science / Political Theory

    • Beyond Boundaries: Humans and Animals (Barbara Noske, Beyond Boundaries: Humans and Animals, Black Rose Books, 1997). Google Books
    • Every Twelve Seconds: Industrialized Slaughter and the Politics of Sight (Timothy Pachirat, Every Twelve Seconds: Industrialized Slaughter and the Politics of Sight, Yale University Press, 2011). Google Books
    • Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health (Marion Nestle, Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health, University of California Press, 2013). Google Books
    • An Introduction to Animals and Political Theory (Alasdair Cochrane, An Introduction to Animals and Political Theory, Springer, 2010). Google Books
    • Meat, Modernity and the Rise of the Slaughterhouse (edited by Paula Young Lee, University of New Hampshire Press, 2008). Google Books
    • Zoopolis: A Political Theory of Animal Rights (Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka, Zoopolis: A Political Theory of Animal Rights, Oxford University Press, 2011). Google Books

    Postcolonial / Decolonial / Anti-Colonial / Critical Race Theory Studies

    

    • Colonialism and Animality: Anti-Colonial Perspectives in Critical Animal Studies (Kelly Struthers Montford, Chloë Taylor, eds., Colonialism and Animality: Anti-Colonial Perspectives in Critical Animal Studies, Routledge, Mar. 2, 2020). Google Books
    • Dangerous Crossings (Claire Jean Kim, Dangerous Crossings, Cambridge University Press, 2015). Google Books
    • Messy Eating: Conversations on Animals as Food (Samantha King, R. Scott Carey, Isabel Macquarrie, Victoria Niva Millious, Elaine M. Power, eds., Fordham University Press, 2019). Google Books
    • The Postcolonial Animal: African Literature and Posthuman Ethics (Evan Mwangi, The Postcolonial Animal: African Literature and Posthuman Ethics, Michigan: University of Michigan Press, 2019).
    • Race Matters, Animal Matters: Fugitive Humanism in African America, 1840-1930 (Lindgren Johnson, Race Matters, Animal Matters: Fugitive Humanism in African America, 1840-1930 (Routledge, 2017). Google Books
    • Racism as Zoological Witchcraft: A Guide to Getting Out (Aph Ko, Racism as Zoological Witchcraft: A Guide to Getting Out (Lantern Books, 2019). Google Books
    • The War against Animals (Dinesh Wadiwel, The War against Animals, Brill, 2015. Google Books

    Psychology / Trans-species Psychology

    • Anthropocene Psychology: Being Human in a More-than-Human World (Matthew Adams, Anthropocene Psychology: Being Human in a More-than-Human World, Routledge, 2020).
    • Conservation Psychology: Understanding and Promoting Human Care for Nature, 2nd Edition (Susan Clayton and Gene Meyers, Conservation Psychology: Understanding and Promoting Human Care for Nature, 2nd Edition, Wiley-Blackwell, 2015).
    • Elephants on the Edge: What Animals Teach Us about Humanity (G.A. Bradshaw, Elephants on the Edge: What Animals Teach Us about Humanity, Yale University Press, 2009).
    • Conservation Psychology: Understanding and Promoting Human Care for Nature, 2nd Edition (Susan Clayton and Gene Meyers, Conservation Psychology: Understanding and Promoting Human Care for Nature, 2nd Edition, Wiley-Blackwell, 2015).
    • “Introduction: Combating speciesism in psychology and feminism” (A. Potts, “Introduction: Combating speciesism in psychology and feminism,” Feminism & Psychology, 20:3 (2010), 291-301 ).
    • Introduction: Environmental and Conservation Psychology (Susan D. Clayton and Carol D. Saunders, Introduction: Environmental and Conservation Psychology, Oxford Handbooks Online, 2012).
    • The Psychology of Prejudice: From Attitudes to Social Action, Second Edition (Lynne M. Jackson, The Psychology of Prejudice: From Attitudes to Social Action, Second Edition, APA, 2020).
    • “Roosters, hawks and dawgs: Toward an inclusive, embodied eco/feminist psychology” (pattrice jones, “Roosters, hawks and dawgs: Toward an inclusive, embodied eco/feminist psychology,”Feminism & Psychology, 20:3 (2010), 365-380).
    • “Toward a psychology of human–animal relations” (C.E. Amiot & B. Bastian, “Toward a psychology of human–animal relations,”Psychological bulletin, 1141:1 (2015), 6.
    • “Towards a critical psychology of human–animal relations” (Matthew Adams, “Towards a critical psychology of human–animal relations,”<emSocial and personality psychology compass, 12(4), e12375 (2018).
    • Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others (Laura van Dernoot Lipsky, Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others, (San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2009). Google Books

    Social Work

    • Animals and Social Work: A Moral Introduction. (T. Ryan, Animals and Social Work: A Moral Introduction, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011). Google Books
    • Animals in Social Work: Why and How they Matter. (T. Ryan. Animals in Social Work: Why and How they Matter, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014). Google Books
    • “Animal-informed Social Work: A More-than-Critical Practice” (C. Hanrahan and D. Chalmers, “Animal-informed Social Work: A More-than-Critical Practice,” in C. Brown & J.E. MacDonald, Eds., Critical Clinical Social Work: Counterstorying for Social Justice (Canadian Scholars’ Press, forthcoming 2020).
    • “Critical (Animal) Social Work” (H. Fraser and N. Taylor, “Critical (Animal) Social Work,” in The Routledge Handbook of Critical Pedagogies for Social Work, 2020).
    • Human-animal Interactions: A Social Work Guide (Janet Hoy-Gerlach and Scott Wehman, Human-animal Interactions: A Social Work Guide, NASW Press, National Association of Social Workers, 2017). Google Books

    See Also:

    • • Extensive Animal Studies Bibliography managed at Michigan State University.
      • Sentient Media: “Explanatory Reporting About Animal Agriculture and Its Impact on the World”-  https://sentientmedia.org
      • Animals Farmed: Ongoing series at The Guardian, UK
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