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In Changing Stories: Postmodernism and the Arab-Islamic World some recent ideas current in postmodernist theoretical discourse are critically investigated and pragmatically applied to concrete issues relating to the contemporary Arab-Islamic world. In particular Jean-François Lyotard's distinction between grand narratives (or master stories) and small stories (or local narratives) is taken by the authors as a starting-point and point of reference and in various ways they address the legitimacy and applicability of this distinction. After a general introduction nine separate articles deal with the predicament of Palestinian women in the occupied territories, Dutch development-aid discourse in Gaza and the West Bank, Islamism and modernism in Tunisia, modernist and postmodernist political discourse in Egypt, feminism in Egypt and, as a travelling theory, in the Arab world as a whole, juridical and educational attitudes towards Turkish and Moroccan immigrants in the Netherlands, and the concept of the Islamic city. The volume should therefore be of interest not only to those concerned with Middle Eastern studies but also to anyone wanting to keep abreast of the latest currents in critical and theoretical discourse.
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"A fascinating and unprecedented ethnography of animal sanctuaries in the United States. In the past three decades, animal rights advocates have established everything from elephant sanctuaries in Africa to shelters that rehabilitate animals used in medical testing, to homes for farmed animals, abandoned pets, and entertainment animals that have outlived their “usefulness.” Saving Animals is the first major ethnography to focus on the ethical issues animating the establishment of such places, where animals who have been mistreated or destined for slaughter are allowed to live out their lives simply being animals.Based on fieldwork at animal rescue facilities across the United States, Elan Abrell asks what “saving,” “caring for,” and “sanctuary” actually mean. He considers sanctuaries as laboratories where caregivers conceive and implement new models of caring for and relating to animals. He explores the ethical decision making around sanctuary efforts to unmake property-based human–animal relations by creating spaces in which humans interact with animals as autonomous subjects. Saving Animals illustrates how caregivers and animals respond by cocreating new human–animal ecologies adapted to the material and social conditions of the Anthropocene.Bridging anthropology with animal studies and political philosophy, Saving Animals asks us to imagine less harmful modes of existence in a troubled world where both animals and humans seek sanctuary"--
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Wildlife rescue. --- Animal rescue. --- Wildlife rescue --- Animal rescue
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You see a dog on the side of the road, confused and lost. Or you witness a pet as it is tossed out of a passing car. . .what can you do? Take charge and risk getting stuck with a pet you don't want? Pass it by and feel bad forever?How to Help Stray Pets and Not Get Stuck offers step-by-step methods for taking action to help stray dogs, cats and other pets so that you can take them home without disrupting your home. And then how to find them excellent permanent homes. This is the method developed from scratch by the author, a method that has worked for over 30 years. Learn to plan ahead, buy the right things, take charge, write effective ads, connect with the world of pet rescue, get help if you need it, ask the right questions, and be proficient and firm when someone calls to adopt your stray. Learn how to help the helpless without becoming an animal hoarder.
Animal Welfare --- Animal Rescue --- Cats --- Dogs --- Nature --- Pets --- Animal welfare --- Animal rescue
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Animal rescue. --- Animal rights activists --- Animal rights. --- Animal welfare.
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Marine mammals --- Animal rescue --- Animal welfare --- Monitoring --- Ecology
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Animal rescue --- Disaster relief --- United States. --- United States. --- Rules and practice. --- United States.
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Animal rescue --- Horses --- Rescue of animals --- Animal welfare --- Equus caballus --- Farriery --- Hippology --- Horse --- Domestic animals --- Equus --- Livestock --- Pachyderms --- Hinnies --- Mules
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