Animals, Work, and the Promise of Interspecies Solidarity [Paperback]

In this thought-provoking and innovative book, Kendra Coulter examines the diversity of work done with, by, and for animals. Interweaving human-animal studies, labor theories and research, and feminist political economy, Coulter develops a unique analysis of the accomplishments, complexities, problems, and possibilities of multispecies and interspecies labor. She fosters a nuanced, multi-faceted approach to labor that takes human and animal well-being seriously, and that challenges readers to not only think deeply and differently about animals and work, but to reflect on the potential for interspecies solidarity. The result is an engaging, expansive, and path-making text.?

Introduction: Introducing Animal Work

1. The Work Done With/For Animals: Daily Work and Labor Processes

2. The Work Done By Animals: Identifying and Understanding Animals' Work

3. The Work Done With/For Animals: Political Labour and the Work of Advocacy

Anifesto: The Promise of Interspecies Solidarity

References

Index

Award-winning Kendra Coulter has done it again! This remarkable and provocative book asks readers to rethink some of the most taken-for-granted ideas about human-animal interactions. To make her compelling argument, Coulter draws widely from the social sciences, feminist political economy, ecology, and animal studies. Her courageous text challenges us to both expand our theoretical analyses, and to practice inclusive, ethical interspecies solidarity. Meg Luxton, Professor, School of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies, York University, Canada

Kendra Coulter deftly uses the central concept of work to examine connections and differences within and across species. After a careful and detailed consideration of how humans and other animals meet, work, and act together, she al#•