Animal Activism On and Off Screen examines the relationship between animal advocacy and the film and television industries. Leading scholars, activists, and film industry professionals critically analyse the ways in which animal activism has been represented inside and outside film and television programs in relation to the politics of celebrity, vegan, and animal activism.
Case studies include UK, US, and German television crime fiction, feature-length advocacy documentaries such as Blackfish (2013), The Ghosts in Our Machine (2013), The Animal People (2019) and Meat the Future (2020); fiction films such as Okja (2017) and Cloud Atlas (2012); as well as celebrity chefs, French activism and celebrity activists Pamela Anderson, Joaquin Phoenix and James Cromwell.
By exploring three key aspects of the current context for animal rights: representations of activism on screen; activist texts and their reception; and celebrity vegans and animal advocates, Animal Activism On and Off Screen evaluates the efficacy of advocacy narratives in film and on television, and offers important insights intended to inform animal advocacy strategies and campaigns.
Edited by:
Claire Parkinson,
Lara Herring
Imprint: Sydney University Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions:
Height: 210mm,
Width: 148mm,
ISBN: 9781743329757
ISBN 10: 174332975X
Series: Animal Politics
Pages: 370
Publication Date: 31 July 2024
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
Acknowledgements Introduction by Claire Parkinson and Lara Herring Animal rights activism is (not) a crime: Portraying violence and the animal rights agenda in German, American and British TV crime series (c. 1990–2010) by Mieke Roscher Inspiring animal liberation: The representation of animal activists in US animal advocacy documentaries (2000–2019) by Núria Almiron, Laura Fernández and Olatz Aranceta-Reboredo The Animal People: Reconstituting identity in the animal liberation movement by Emily Plec Anti-capitalism, animal rights and advocacy in Okja by Claire Parkinson (More than) food, farms and freedom: Turning exclusions in “pro-vegan” documentaries into productive interventions for animal advocacy by Paula Arcari “Please don’t look away”: The ghostly intersections between seeing and feeling in documentary film by Lorena Elke Dobbie From carnism to cannibalism: Intersectional speciesism in the fiction film Cloud Atlas by Lara Herring Animal activism formula for success: Lessons for capitalising on the “Blackfish effect” by Debra Merskin and Carrie Freeman Meat the Future: An interview with Liz Marshall Interviewed by Claire Parkinson From Brigitte Bardot to Pamela Anderson: Celebrity activists in France and the United States by Elizabeth Cherry Food fights: The limits of celebrity chef activism by Brett Mills Celebrity activism: PETA, Pamela, Porn by Toby Miller About a speech: The media’s reaction to a celebrity advocacy intervention by Loredana Loy “That’ll do, Pig!”: Critical potentials in celebrity-activist media ecologies by Eva Haifa Giraud
Professor Claire Parkinson is Professor of Culture, Communication and Screen Studies, Associate Head of English and Creative Arts, and co-director of the Centre for Human Animal Studies (CfHAS) at Edge Hill University. Dr Lara Herring is a lecturer in the School of Arts and Media at the University of Salford, UK.
Reviews for Animal Activism On and Off Screen
“A great read for those interested in activism, how the media spreads messages, and how the cultural landscape around us is formed.” – Anthony Morris, Books+Publishing
