Making Animal Meaning

<DIV><P>An elucidating collection of ten original essays, <I>Making Animal Meaning </I>reconceptualizes methods for researching animal histories and rethinks the contingency of the human-animal relationship. The vibrant and diverse field of animal studies is detailed in these interdisciplinary discussions, which include voices from a broad range of scholars and have an extensive chronological and geographical reach. These exciting discourses capture the most compelling theoretical underpinnings of animal significance while exploring meaning-making through the study of specific spaces, species, and human-animal relations. A deeply thoughtful collection &mdash; vital to understanding central questions of agency, kinship, and animal consumption &mdash; these essays tackle the history and philosophy of constructing animal meaning.</P></DIV>