Dogs and Cats in South Korea
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Dogs and Cats in South Korea

Itinerant Commodities

  1. 200 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Dogs and Cats in South Korea

Itinerant Commodities

About this book

Dogs and Cats in South Korea: Itinerant Commodities shows that though dogs and cats are consumed in the millions each year, they are recipients of both cruelty and care in a very unique way compared to other animal species in South Korean society. The anti-imperialist and postcolonial stances associated with the consumption of dogs and cats in South Korea are oversimplistic. Stereotypes by societies that do not eat these animals overshadow the various ways in which South Korean citizens interact with them, including companionship. In fact, many dogs and cats go from companion to livestock, and from livestock to companion, demonstrating that the relationships with these creatures are not only complex, but also fluid. The trajectories of the lives of dogs and cats are never linear. In that sense, individual dogs and cats in South Korea are itinerant animals navigating an exchange system based on culture, economics, and politics. With nuance and cultural understanding, Dugnoille tells the complicated stories of these animals in South Korea, as well as the humans who commoditize and singularize them.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction: Itinerant Animals: Dog and Cat Biographies in Transcultural South Korea
  8. Chapter 1: Dead Commodities Walking: Itinerancies of Dogs and Cats at South Korea’s Largest Meat Market
  9. Chapter 2: “New Women,” “New Mothers”: Gender Ideology in South Korean Animal Advocacy
  10. Chapter 3: Transspecies Nationalism: Inclusion of Nonhuman Animals in Ideologies of Korean Ethnic Nationalism
  11. Chapter 4: Postmortem Itinerancy: The Deaths of Dogs and Cats in Postcolonial Conditions
  12. Conclusion: A Continuing Itinerancy: On the Regulation of the South Korean Dog and Cat Meat Trade
  13. Notes
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index
  16. About the Author