Near Human: Border Zones of Species, Life, and Belonging

by Mette N. Svendsen

Near Human takes us into the borders of human and animal life. In the animal facility, fragile piglets substitute for humans who cannot be experimented on. In the neonatal intensive care unit, extremely premature infants prompt questions about whether they are too fragile to save or, if they survive, whether they will face a life of severe disability. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork carried out on farms, in animal-based experimental...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 197881822X
• ISBN13: 9781978818224
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 230 Pages