Animals Erased: Discourse, Ecology, and Reconnection with the Natural World

Acknowledgments

This collection of essays represents ten years of research into relationships between humans and other animals. The chapters are based on articles that have been published by a wide range of peer-reviewed academic journals. Thanks are due to the publishers of these journals, all of whom have given permission to reuse material from the original articles in this book. Specifically, chapter 1 is based on Arran Stibbe, “Language, Power and the Social Construction of Animals,” Society and Animals 9:2 (2001), with permission from the Society and Animals Forum. Chapter 2 is based on Arran Stibbe, “As Charming as a Pig: The Discursive Construction of the Relationship between Pigs and Humans,” Society & Animals 11:4 (2003), with permission from the Society and Animals Forum. Chapter 3 is based on Arran Stibbe, “From Flu-like Virus to Deadly Disease: Ideology and the Media,” Journal of Media Psychology 6:2 (2001), with permission from the Media Psychology Research Institute. Chapter 4 is based on Arran Stibbe, “Counter-discourses and Harmonious Relationships between Humans and other Animals, Anthrozoös 18:1 (2005), with the permission of the International Society for Anthrozoology. Chapter 5 is based on Arran Stibbe, “Deep Ecology and Language: The Curtailed Journey of the Atlantic Salmon,” Society and Animals 14:1 (2006), with the permission of the Society and Animals Forum. Chapter 6 is based on Arran Stibbe and Francesca Zunino, “The Discursive Construction of Biodiversity,” in Martin Döring, Hermine Penz, and Wilhelm Trampe (eds.), Language, Signs and Nature: Ecolinguistic Dimensions of EnAcknowledgments vii vironmental Discourse (Berlin: Stauffenburg Verlag, 2008), with permission from Stauffenburg Verlag and coauthor Francesca Zunino. Chapter 7 is based on Arran Stibbe, “Environmental Education across Cultures: Beyond the Discourse of Shallow Environmentalism,” Language & Intercultural Communication 4:4 (2005), with permission from Taylor & Francis Ltd. Chapter 8 is based on Arran Stibbe, “Haiku and Beyond: Language, Ecology, and Reconnection with the Natural World, Anthrozoös 20:2 (2007), with the permission of the International Society for Anthrozoology. Chapter 9 is based on Arran Stibbe, “Zen and the Art of Environmental Education in the Japanese Animated Film Tonari no Totoro,” Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture 1:4 (2007), with permission from Equinox Publishing (text from this chapter © Equinox Publishing Ltd., 2007). Thanks to Sarah Griffin and Julia Morris for invaluable help with proofreading. And finally thanks to Phil for his constant encouragement and assistance, and to Ryoko, Sen, and Kaya for being who they are. viii acknowledgments Animals Erased ...