Public Defender

by Joan Hewett and Richard Hewett

Why do we find it necessary to slaughter living animals in order to enjoy their flesh? And why does this act offend our sensibilities, without necessarily making us into vegetarians? In her study of abattoirs in southwest France, No?lie Vialles brings to light a complex system of avoidances. Her analysis reveals that beyond the specific denial of the work of the abattoirs lies a whole system of symbolic representations of blood, human beings and animals,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525673407
• ISBN13: 9780525673408
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
• Length: 4 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Good Book To Use in Classroom Reading

This book provides a compelling look, in words and photographs, of the day in the life of a Los Angeles County public defender. I recommend this book to use in elementary school classroom reading, to open up a dialogue about the criminal justice system and how each American charged with a crime has the right to an attorney, and why we have public defenders, to provide legal counsel to those who can't afford to hire their own lawyer. Janice Fukai is still with the PD's office as of this writing (early 2008).