What It Means to Be Human: Historical Reflections from the 1800s to the Present

by Joanna Bourke

Book Overview

In 1872, a woman known only as "An Earnest Englishwoman" published a letter titled "Are Women Animals?" in which she protested against the fact that women were not treated as fully human. In fact, their status was worse than that of animals: regulations prohibiting cruelty against dogs, horses, and cattle were significantly more punitive than laws against cruelty to women. The Earnest Englishwoman's heartfelt cry was for women to "become-animal" in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1619021676
• ISBN13: 9781619021679
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.6" x 8.7"