Nonhuman animals as symbols in the #BlackLivesMatter protests of 2020
dc.contributor.author | Warda, T | |
dc.contributor.author | Aiello, T | |
dc.contributor.author | Hill, K | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-08-04T08:24:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-11-24 | |
dc.date.updated | 2023-08-03T21:46:48Z | |
dc.description.abstract | Racial uprisings often include animalized commentary and symbolic use of nonhuman animal bodies. This paper highlights some of the nonhuman animal bodies observed during the #BlackLivesMatter protests within the United States in 2020 - specifically, the use of pig, horse, and dog bodies during street protests. Displays of pigs carry with them a racially rife past in the United States. This history harmed protesters during #BlackLivesMatter protests, being described as suffering "like animals,"and the use of "pig"as an epithet for the police is explored. For the Black Cowboys who joined the protests on horseback, the physical presence of their horses amplified their message, symbolized a shift in their freedom, and positioned them eye-to-eye with the mounted police officers. The use of dog bodies within politics, how they amplified political messages as "sign-carrying vehicles,"and the dangers for them and others in protests are addressed. | en_GB |
dc.format.extent | 1-19 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 1-19 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1163/15685306-bja10116 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/133701 | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0002-3429-5818 (Hill, Kristine) | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Brill | en_GB |
dc.rights | © Tiamat Warda, Thomas Aiello and Kristine Hill, 2022. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license | en_GB |
dc.subject | #BlackLivesMatter | en_GB |
dc.subject | African American History | en_GB |
dc.subject | Interspecies protest | en_GB |
dc.subject | Black Cowboys | en_GB |
dc.subject | Dogs in protest | en_GB |
dc.subject | Police brutality | en_GB |
dc.title | Nonhuman animals as symbols in the #BlackLivesMatter protests of 2020 | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2023-08-04T08:24:50Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1063-1119 | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from Brill via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1568-5306 | |
dc.identifier.journal | Society & Animals: Journal of Human-Animal Studies | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2022-11-24 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2023-08-04T08:22:13Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2023-08-04T08:24:53Z | |
refterms.panel | C | en_GB |
refterms.dateFirstOnline | 2022-11-24 |
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