Cross-Species Intimacies from Guide Dogs to Artificial Meat
Humanimalia reviews Susan McHugh's ANIMAL STORIES.
On the cover of Susan McHugh’s book, the subtitle “Narrating across Species Lines” bisects the title “Animal Stories” at a forty-five degree angle. This cover image astutely captures the general thrust of this work of criticism, which provides a number of new angles on literary and visual narratives featuring nonhuman animals — narratives ranging from genre fiction (Baynard Kendrick’s mystery novels featuring a blind war veteran who works as a private investigator with his guide dog) to classic literature (George Orwell’s Animal Farm) to film (Babe) to photography (Sue Coe’s Dead Meat).
Published in: HumAnimalia
By: Karla Armbruster
Story Date: 2012-09-15T00:00:00
By: Karla Armbruster
Story Date: 2012-09-15T00:00:00