Loving Animals

Sex with animals is one of the last taboos but, for a practice that is generally regarded as abhorrent, it is remarkable how many books, films, plays, paintings, and photographs depict the subject. So, what does loving animals mean? In this book the renowned historian Joanna Bourke explores the modern history of sex between humans and animals. Bourke looks at the changing meanings of "bestiality" and "zoophilia," assesses the psychiatric and sexual aspects, and she concludes by delineating an ethics of animal loving. --

About the author

Joanna Bourke OBE is Professor Emerita of History at Birkbeck, University of London, and a Fellow of the British Academy. She is also Professor Emerita of Rhetoric at Gresham College. Her many books include Disgrace: Global Reflections on Sexual Violence (Reaktion, 2022).

Summary

Renowned historian Joanna Bourke explores the modern history of bestiality.

Product details

• Authors: Joanna Bourke, Tom Moore
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781789143102
• ISBN: 978-1-78914-310-2
• No. of pages: 184
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; NATURE / Animal Rights, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, PSYCHOLOGY / Human Sexuality, Animals & society, Social and cultural history, Animals and society, Psychology: sexual behaviour, Sexual Behaviour