Reading Slaughter: Abattoir Fictions, Space, and Empathy in Late Modernity

by Sune Borkfelt

Book Overview

Reading Slaughter: Abattoir Fictions, Space, and Empathy in Late Modernity examines literary depictions of slaughterhouses from the development of the industrial abattoir in the late nineteenth century to today. The book focuses on how increasing and ongoing isolation and concealment of slaughter from the surrounding society affects readings and depictions of slaughter and abattoirs in literature, and on the degree to which depictions of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030989178
• ISBN13: 9783030989170
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 279 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"