Expanding the Critical Animal Studies Imagination

Expanding the Critical Animal Studies Imagination: Essays in Solidarity and Total Liberation pushes critical animal studies forward and outward by making new connections to movements and ideas that have been little engaged with in publication to the present. This book challenges critical animal studies adherents to expand their efforts of solidarity, mutual aid, and activism. Contributors to this volume extend invitations to those not familiar with critical animal studies to welcome them in with gestures of solidarity towards total liberation. Expanding the Critical Animal Studies Imagination does not shy away from controversial topics but critically engages with them using care and tact. This is not controversy for the sake of being provocative, but not being afraid to target root causes of oppression. This book works toward coalition building to resist the current violence and build peaceful communities.

Nathan Poirier is a professional tutor at Lansing Community College, has a graduate specialization in womens and gender studies, masters degrees in anthrozoology and mathematics, and is co-editor of Emerging New Voices in Critical Animal Studies: Vegan Studies for Total Liberation. Sarah Tomasello received her B.A. in Anthropology and Religious Studies and an M.S. in Anthrozoology from Canisius College. She has published in Green Theory and Praxis, and book chapters in Gender and Sexuality in Critical Animal Studies and Emerging New Voices in Critical Animal Studies. Amber E. George, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Galen College. Dr. George is a board member for Critical Animal Studies and editor of Journal for Critical Animal Studies. Dr. George has co-edited numerous books on critical animal studies.