Sarah E McFarland
Biographic Data
| ID | 5132655 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarah E McFarland |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarah E |
| FAMILY NAME | McFarland |
| SIGNATURE | MCFARLAND S E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Natchitoches |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5644-2463 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Embracing Extinction
Index
Dancing Penguins And A Pretentious Raccoon
This chapter examines the relationships between animal dramas, agency, and environmentalism in two popular animated films: Happy Feet and Over the Hedge, both released in 2006. These films demonstrate the kind of relationship humans should have with other animals and make wildlife seem so familiar. How can a real raccoon stand up against Bruce Willis' portrayal of RJ? How can a real penguin compare to the tap dancing Mumble? Animation allows thes…
Approaching The Agency Of Other Animals
This chapter provides a brief overview of the book Animals and Agency: An Interdisciplinary Exploration and its chapters. It outlines a theory of agency, moves among a number of closely related terms-free will, ability, rationality, mind, morality, subjectivity-and we could add to this list in an indefinitely long fashion. It highlights how animals live in the world. Working out exactly what degree or kind of difference lies between human and non…
Preliminary Material
Animals and Agency
Animals and Agency
While many scholars who write about animals deal with animal agency in some way, this volume is the first to position the question of nonhuman agency as the primary focus of inquiry. Section I presents studies of actual animals demonstrating agency; Section II moves agency into new terrain while considering key representations of animal agency in literature; Section III analyzes animals as mediators and as conveyances of human-to-human communicat…
Animals and Agency
While many scholars who write about animals deal with animal agency in some way, this volume is the first to position the question of nonhuman agency as the primary focus of inquiry. Section I presents studies of actual animals demonstrating agency; Section II moves agency into new terrain while considering key representations of animal agency in literature; Section III analyzes animals as mediators and as conveyances of human-to-human communicat…
Index
Dancing Penguins And A Pretentious Raccoon
This chapter examines the relationships between animal dramas, agency, and environmentalism in two popular animated films: Happy Feet and Over the Hedge, both released in 2006. These films demonstrate the kind of relationship humans should have with other animals and make wildlife seem so familiar. How can a real raccoon stand up against Bruce Willis' portrayal of RJ? How can a real penguin compare to the tap dancing Mumble? Animation allows thes…
Approaching The Agency Of Other Animals
This chapter provides a brief overview of the book Animals and Agency: An Interdisciplinary Exploration and its chapters. It outlines a theory of agency, moves among a number of closely related terms-free will, ability, rationality, mind, morality, subjectivity-and we could add to this list in an indefinitely long fashion. It highlights how animals live in the world. Working out exactly what degree or kind of difference lies between human and non…
Preliminary Material
Animals and Agency
Animals and Agency
While many scholars who write about animals deal with animal agency in some way, this volume is the first to position the question of nonhuman agency as the primary focus of inquiry. Section I presents studies of actual animals demonstrating agency; Section II moves agency into new terrain while considering key representations of animal agency in literature; Section III analyzes animals as mediators and as conveyances of human-to-human communicat…
Embracing Extinction
Social science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Animal welfare (4 works) · Geographies of human-animal interactions (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Agency (philosophy (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Focus (optics (3 works)