Open AccessAnimal Oppression and Solidarity: Examining Representations of Animals and Their Allies in Twenty-First Century Media
Author(s) -
Tayler Zavitz,
Corie Kielbiski
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
networking knowledge
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1755-9944
DOI - 10.31165/nk.2021.142.643
Subject(s) - solidarity , oppression , resistance (ecology) , sociology , gender studies , media studies , human animal , political science , law , politics , biology , livestock , ecology
Popular media, both literature and film, provide a location in which animal suffering, resistance and solidarity are finally visible. An examination of Bong Joon-ho’s award-winning film Okja (2017) and Karen Joy Fowler’s New York Timesbest-selling novel We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves (2013) reveals complex media representations of animals that highlight the significance of twenty-first century media in depicting the animal in the human world.