No Country for Queer Dogs
Veganism in the Contemporary Hollywood Romantic Comedy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12418924 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emelia Quinn (University of Oxford, corresponding author), Emelia Jane Quinn (Wolfson College, University of Oxford United Kingdom [email protected]) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 507-521 |
| Publication date | 2016-09-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Society and Animals (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1063-1119 • E-ISSN: 1568-5306 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15685306-12341424 |
| OpenAlex | W2558024898 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 6 |
This paper seeks to explore the potential of developing a distinct vegan mode of reading. It uses the increasing incidence of anthropomorphic canine companion animals in the contemporary Hollywood romantic comedy as a starting point, focusing on close readings of the films Marley and Me and Legally Blonde 2: Red White and Blonde . An analysis of the increasing incidence of domestic dogs in the romantic comedy is shown to have significance for examining social and cultural anxieties around how veganism, as the rejection of animal exploitation of any kind, might challenge the rigid human-animal divide that defines contemporary society. Building an analysis that seeks to explore the latent speciesism of popular cinema and noting how this relates specifically to the representation of vegan identity, within a genre noted for its muting and denigration of queer identity, this paper seeks to situate veganism as a radical queer mode of being
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Comedy · Hollywood · Identity (music · Literature · Movie theater · Political science · Politics · Queer · Reading (process · Representation (politics · Romance · Sociology · Environmental Philosophy and Ethics · Gender Studies · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Human-Animal Interaction Studies · Law
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |