Review
"A giant step for animalkind.... intensely powerful: groundbreaking, definitive, comprehensive, compelling." -- Carol J. Adams, author of The Sexual Politics of Meat
"A major contribution to the advancement of both animal protection and our humanity." -- Dr. Michael W. Fox, Senior Scholar, Bioethics, Humane Society of the U.S.
"Brilliant and devastating. . . . a book of monumental importance for animal rights. A tour de force that has no equal." -- Tom Regan, author of The Case for Animal Rights
"Brilliant. . . . A great step forward in the march for justice for all persons, human and nonhuman." -- Jim Mason, coauthor of Animal Factories
"Powerfully eloquent [and] illuminating." -- Evelyn Pluhar, author of Beyond Prejudice
'A giant step for animalkind.... intensely powerful: groundbreaking, definitive, comprehensive, compelling.... a remarkable achievement.' -- Carol J. Adams, author of The Sexual Politics of Meat
'A major contribution to the advancement of both animal protection and our humanity.' -- Dr. Michael W. Fox, author of Inhumane Society
'Anyone interested in changing the status of animals will find Animal Equality a valuable book.' -- Peter Singer, author of Animal Liberation
'Brilliant and devastating.... a book of monumental importance for animal rights. A tour de force that has no equal.' -- Tom Regan, author of The Case for Animal Rights
Anyone interested in changing the status of animals will find Animal Equality a valuable book. -- Peter Singer in Vegan Voice, December-February 2002
"A major contribution to the advancement of both animal protection and our humanity." -- Dr. Michael W. Fox, Senior Scholar, Bioethics, Humane Society of the U.S.
"Brilliant and devastating. . . . a book of monumental importance for animal rights. A tour de force that has no equal." -- Tom Regan, author of The Case for Animal Rights
"Brilliant. . . . A great step forward in the march for justice for all persons, human and nonhuman." -- Jim Mason, coauthor of Animal Factories
"Powerfully eloquent [and] illuminating." -- Evelyn Pluhar, author of Beyond Prejudice
'A giant step for animalkind.... intensely powerful: groundbreaking, definitive, comprehensive, compelling.... a remarkable achievement.' -- Carol J. Adams, author of The Sexual Politics of Meat
'A major contribution to the advancement of both animal protection and our humanity.' -- Dr. Michael W. Fox, author of Inhumane Society
'Anyone interested in changing the status of animals will find Animal Equality a valuable book.' -- Peter Singer, author of Animal Liberation
'Brilliant and devastating.... a book of monumental importance for animal rights. A tour de force that has no equal.' -- Tom Regan, author of The Case for Animal Rights
Anyone interested in changing the status of animals will find Animal Equality a valuable book. -- Peter Singer in Vegan Voice, December-February 2002
Book Description
The first book on language and nonhuman oppression--and the most progressive animal-rights book to date--Animal Equality shows that deceptive, biased words sustain injustice toward nonhuman animals. Speciesism (prejudice against nonhuman animals) survives through lies. Animal Equality's compelling evidence of nonhuman thought and emotion debunks language that characterizes other animals as unreasoning or insensitive. Vivid descriptions of hunting, sportfishing, zoos, aquaprisons, vivisection, and food-industry captivity and slaughter reveal the cruelty that misleading words legitimize and conceal. Animal Equality also uncovers the speciesist attitudes and practices underlying much sexist and racist language. Every animal--nonhuman or human--deserves equal consideration and protection, Joan Dunayer argues. Offering pronoun, vocabulary, and style guidelines, she proposes new language that will bring us closer to nonhuman liberation.
About the Author
Joan Dunayer is a writer whose publications include articles on a wide range of animal-rights and language issues. Her work has appeared in magazines, journals, college English textbooks, and anthologies. A former college English instructor, she has master's degrees in English education, English literature, and psychology. Animal Equality is her first book.
