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9“A Grain of Brain”: Women and Farm Animals in Collections by Ariana Reines and Selima HillIn Seán McCorry & John Miller (eds.), Literature and Meat Since 1900, Springer Verlag. pp. 143-159. 2019.The historical figure of the cow as a symbol is treasured and ancient, yet simultaneously this animal in many societies exists de facto for people’s plates. The cow, like other animals, exists in parts: as treasured symbol, and as commodity. Looking at collections by contemporary Anglophone poets, Ariana Reines, and Selima Hill, I will consider how each writer’s self-reflexive critique of animal representation reorients the material subjects of their poems, intersecting these innovative poetries…Read more
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Areas of Interest
Epistemology |
Social and Political Philosophy |