What it means to be human : reflections from the 1791 to the present

What it means to be human : reflections from the 1791 to the present / Joanna Bourke.

Author/creator	Bourke, Joanna
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Berkeley, CA : Counterpoint : Distributed by Publishers Group West, ©2011.
Description	x, 469 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Human beings. Humanism--History. Human evolution. Psychology, Comparative. Human-animal relationships. Equality.

Contents	Speaking : primates and language. Red Peter ; Talking animals ; Can an ape say 'hallo'? -- Feeling : the politics of pain. An earnest Englishwoman ; Sentience and welfare ; Humanitarianism and the limits of sympathy ; Should we "become-animal"? -- Recognizing : the legal construction of humanity. Mr. Heathcliff ; Human rights ; Animal rights and 'speciesism' ; Being human, becoming animal -- Seeing : ethics and the face. Bobby the dog ; Physiognomic arts ; Darwinian revolutions ; Surgical sciences ; Does a dog have a face? Does a human? -- Eating : carnivorous consumption. The black demons of Hayti ; Eating animals ; Eating people ; What does it mean to eat flesh? -- Creating : xenografts and metamorphosis. Stephanie and goobers ; Rejuvenation ; Transplantation and species boundaries ; Have we created a Chimera?
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [415]-453) and index.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2011012710
ISBN	9781582436081 (hbk.)
ISBN	1582436088 (hbk.)
ISBN	9781619021679 (pbk.)
ISBN	1619021676 (pbk.)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	BD450 .B6396 2011	✔ Available	Place Hold