Animal Capital: Rendering Life in Biopolitical Times

Nicole Shukin

U of Minnesota Press, 2009 - Social Science - 306 pages

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so far: animal = capital

Review: Animal Capital: Rendering Life in Biopolitical Times

User Review  - Brian - Goodreads

Wow, it's about time someone wrote a book about this -- I really hope it's a good one.

Contents

• New Life Forms and Functions of Animal Fetishism: 1
• Chapter 1 Renderings Modern Logics: 49
• The Animal Capital of Cars Films and Abattoirs: 87
• Telecommunications Animal Currencies: 131
• Calculating Kinship in an Era of Pandemic Speculation: 181
• Animal Cannibalism in the Capitalist GlobeMobile: 225
• Notes: 233
• Index: 285

About the author

Nicole Shukin is assistant professor of English at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Animal Capital: Rendering Life in Biopolitical Times; Posthumanities Series
• Author: Nicole Shukin
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: U of Minnesota Press, 2009
• ISBN: 0816653410, 9780816653416
• Length: 306 pages
• Subjects: Nature / Animals / General; Philosophy / General; Social Science / General