| Titre | Les nouveaux animaux dénaturés | |
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| Auteur | Jean-Pierre Digard | |
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Revue | Etudes rurales |
| Numéro | no 129-130, 1993 Sauvage et domestique | |
| Page | 169-178 | |
| Résumé anglais |
The New Denatured Animals
There are not distinct, domestic and wild, animal species. But there are animals on which mankind can act in one way or another. Two opposite categories of animals are now in favor among Western peoples : pets and so-called wild animals. For people fond of pets, only anthropomorphized animals are good : a kind of substitute for children or teddy bears. People who like wild animals think that the only true animals are those living in nature where they are separated from (and protected by) mankind. But animals of both sorts have been "denatured" : such categories come out of a social reworking of the boundary with the animal kingdom. In some cases, this boundary has been abolished ; in others, it has been restored or more clearly marked. But the issue remains the same : establish a new "social contract" with certain (wild, pet) animals in order to redeem the misdeeds we guiltily commit against other animals as we eat (game, fowl and livestock). Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rural_0014-2182_1993_num_129_1_3411 |
