On Wednesday, May 26, 2021 from 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM SJRC scholars joined in celebration of Harlan Weaver’s book launch! Bad Dog: Pit Bull Politics and Multispecies Justice (University of Washington Press, 2021).
A recording of the presentation is available here.
Bad Dog Pit Bull Politics and Multispecies Justice
Bad Dog examines pit bulls and animal shelter politics through the lens of what I term “interspecies intersectionality” in order to identify how relationships between humans and non-human animals shape and are shaped by experiences of gender, race, colonialism, nation, and sexuality. Traversing themes ranging from contemporary claims to “rescue,” the history of the human, the ontological emergences/becomings of human/pit bull relationships, and the queer possibilities for challenging normative kinship inherent in pit bull politics, Bad Dog provides a compelling interdisciplinary argument for a justice that engages the needs, desires, and imaginings of marginalized humans and non-human animals together.
Harlan Weaver is assistant professor of gender, women, and sexuality studies at Kansas State University.