Pussy Panic versus Liking Animals: Tracking Gender in Animal Studies

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From manstream measuring to multispecies sustainability? A gendered reading of bee‐ing sustainable

“…By means of countering masculine‐infused discourses, Fraiman (), along with Birke (), suggest there may be many potentially productive insights at the nexus of feminist theory and non‐ or post‐human studies, particularly considering their overlapping critiques of western culture's reliance on dualisms. Those committing to this approach, often under the rubric of a new materialism lens, recognize that ‘environmental feminists have long insisted that feminism needs to take the materiality of the more‐than‐human world seriously’ (Alaimo & Hekman, , p. 4).…”

“…In particular, Haraway's () account of decentring the human enriches feminist claims, not simply focusing on masculinity but arguing that any anthropocentricism is really a shroud of patriarchy. Eschewing the label of ‘ecofeminist’ in favour of ‘multispecies feminist’, she has been criticized by self‐identifying ecofeminists as lacking criticality regarding the patriarchal power structures that underpin human–animal relations (Weisberg, ), adopting a passive approach to activism (Weisberg, ), and conditionally supporting animal farming and scientific testing (Fraiman, ). Yet, Haraway's work provides an important initial platform for considering the gendered, more‐than‐human nature of organizations, and life more broadly.…”

Animal Studies and Ancient Judaism

“…Haraway's Companion Species Manifesto is a good example (Haraway 2003). Fraiman's counternarrative of animal studies observes that feminist scholars Carol Adams, Josephine Donovan, Vicki Hearne, and Haraway, who were working on animals since the early 1980s, have been elided by the dominant metascholarly narrative that favors authorizing male figures such as Singer and Derrida (Fraiman 2012). Influential scholars of animal studies outside philosophy include Erica Fudge and Harriet Ritvo in history, Tim Ingold and Margo DeMello in anthropology, Paul Waldau and Donovan Schaefer in religion, Gary Francione and Steven Wise in law, Kelly Oliver and Lori Gruen in feminist theory, Kari Weil and Colleen Glenney Boggs in literature, literary writers James Coetzee and Jonathan Safran Foer, and ethologists Jane Goodall, Barbara Smuts, Frans de Waal, and Marc Bekoff.…”

Writing humanimals: Critical animal studies and Jewish studies

“…Fraiman () challenges a prevailing philosophical account of animal studies as Derridean in origin, pointing to the earlier work of Adams and Haraway on ecofeminism and critical thinking on humans and animals. See also Guenther (), who argues that Derrida's compelling argument nevertheless fails to explore the connection between the human domination of animals and the male domination of women.…”