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Animal Equality : Language and Liberation Hardcover – May 1, 2001

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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 283 pages
  • Publisher: Ryce Pub (May 1, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0970647557
  • ISBN-13: 978-0970647559
  • Product Dimensions: 1 x 6 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,732,652 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"A giant step for animalkind.... intensely powerful: groundbreaking, definitive, comprehensive, compelling." -- Carol J. Adams, author of The Sexual Politics of Meat

"A major contribution to the advancement of both animal protection and our humanity." -- Dr. Michael W. Fox, Senior Scholar, Bioethics, Humane Society of the U.S.

"Brilliant and devastating. . . . a book of monumental importance for animal rights. A tour de force that has no equal." -- Tom Regan, author of The Case for Animal Rights

"Brilliant. . . . A great step forward in the march for justice for all persons, human and nonhuman." -- Jim Mason, coauthor of Animal Factories

"Powerfully eloquent [and] illuminating." -- Evelyn Pluhar, author of Beyond Prejudice

Anyone interested in changing the status of animals will find Animal Equality a valuable book. -- Peter Singer in Vegan Voice, December-February 2002

About the Author

Joan Dunayer is a writer whose publications include articles on a wide range of animal-rights and language issues. Her work has appeared in magazines, journals, college English textbooks, and anthologies. A former college English instructor, she has master's degrees in English education, English literature, and psychology. Animal Equality is her first book.
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I enjoyed reading her book and learnt a lot.
S. N. Rivera Burgos
This book is a very important building block in making the world a better place for everyone.
Lisa
Animal Equality is the definitive book on speciesism and language.
Brandon Becker

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
An Important Book
By C. H. Young on February 28, 2002
Format: Hardcover
We use words not only to inform -- but to deceive and retain our biases. This important book shows how we use words to cover-up and desensitize ourselves to our abuse and cruelty toward other species. It shows how our use language to support our attitudes toward non-human animals as being things or "tools." Dunayer also compares our speciesist language with our expressions of gender bias -- we use the term "mankind" for humankind and "lower" animals for all but humans.
Even people who are sensitive to our more obvious speciesist epithets (like the use of "animal" or "subhuman" to refer to bad actions and "pig" to refer to human sloppiness) and our use of impersonal pronouns when referring to non-humans -- even such sensitized people might still find themselves not exactly "off the hook" (also speciesist).
The book includes a useful thesaurus of speciesist terms and substitute, preferred expressions, as well as a list of style guidelines.
Although this is not a book that one can read in one sitting, it is an important work for both people who care about our treatment and "use" of animals as well as those who care about how we use language.
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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Language is powerful
By Lisa on July 7, 2002
Format: Hardcover
Joan Dunayer compellingly argues that the cruel treatment of nonhuman animals (in vivisection, entertainment, sport, rearing/slaughter for food consumption, etc.) is often masked by the euphemisms we employ. We are all familiar with our tendency to call the flesh of dead cow "beef," but Dunayer digs deeper and calls for an end to other common practices that undermine the individuality and unique personality of each and every nonhuman animal that exists. "Wildlife management" groups facilitate hunting. "Animal welfare committees" often oversee research in which countless nonhumans are blinded, subjected to burns, and killed. Zoos market themselves as "wildlife conservationists," imprisoning sentient beings in cages and tanks, depriving them of natural stimuli, and driving them to repetitive and self-destructive behaviors.
Dunayer dispels the myth that language separates humans from nonhumans. Two of her many examples include Alex the African gray parrot who can count, identify objects, and convey fear and sorrow (all using human English), and Washoe the chimpanzee who learned American Sign Language then spontaneously taught it to her son.
The author draws analogies between the current treatment of nonhumans and past abuses of human slaves and women. (At one time both human slaves and women were not considered "persons," much like nonhumans today.) Words like emancipation and abolitionist are resurrected and applied to a cause just as worthy of our concern and immediate action.
The book incorporates a handy thesaurus of words that can be used as alternatives to speciesist terms (e.g. use "flesh" or "muscle" instead of "meat," use "captor" or "keeper" instead of "caretaker") as well as style guidelines for countering speciesism (e.g.Read more ›
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17 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Is shooting a human also an act of kindness?
By Paul MacKenzie on September 25, 2001
Format: Hardcover
Animal Equality masterfully delves into the deep-seated bias the English language contains concerning nonhuman animals. Dunayer crosses many different areas of animal exploitation to show how our language is manipulated to erase the individuality of individuals, remove the space from which empathy can naturally develop, and to justify immoral and cruel actions. This book is a great resource for open minded people and linguists who wish to delve deeper into how the language we use shapes our own reality. Dedicated to �all nonhuman animals�, Animal Equality is one big step towards a kinder and more compassionate future; a future void of Speciesism. Learn how the use of simple words like, animal, reinforces our exploitation of nonhuman animals by reading this book.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Highly recommended
By Brandon Becker on July 1, 2009
Format: Hardcover
Animal Equality is the definitive book on speciesism and language. Joan Dunayer examines the many ways that humans exploit other animals while exposing the deceptive language that conceals, euphemizes, and obscures institutionalized cruelty and injustice.

Reading this book has caused me to overhaul my own language usage to rid it of speciesism. In doing so, my nonhuman animal advocacy has become much more effective. Dunayer provides a style guidelines section and a thesaurus of terms to avoid with suggested alternatives to aid other advocates in doing the same.

Animal Equality is an inspirational call to speak with fairness and act with respect for other animals. If we are serious about rights, equality, and justice for all sentient beings, our movement needs to avoid language that fosters oppression and instead use language that encourages liberation.

I highly recommend this book to all advocates for nonhuman animals.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
If you still refer to animals as "it"...read this book
By JL4321 on April 24, 2012
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If you still use the term "it" when speaking of animals, read this book. A must read for all interested in animal rights, and even those who are not. The author has a very readable, easy to understand style. Even if you don't think you'll learn anything new from this book- you probably will.
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