The Pig in Thin Air : an Identification.

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Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: What Makes an Animal Advocate?; 1: The Breaking Down of Bodies; Learning How to Sleep; From Sleeper to Animal Advocate; 2: Social Media, and Becoming like a Pig; Haunted Humans; Learning to Love Social Media; The Outsized Effect of One Animal; The Tragedy of the Pig; 3: Identity Change, Climate Change; The Pig in Production; Coming to Care about Climate Change; The Role of Animal Agriculture; Climate Veganism; Climate Veganism, Identity, and What Works; Part II: How Can I Be a Good Animal Advocate?

4: A Narrative Animal AdvocateThe Vulnerability of Being Seen; Changing the Narrative on Animals; Direct Action and Narrative Strategy; 5: The Sanctuary as Embodied Place; Living a Sanctuary Life; Susie's Story; Bob Comis and the Last Pig; For Pigs and Humans . . .; 6: The Save Movement and Bearing Witness; The History of the Save Movement; Making Mischief; Witnessing as Saying the Unspeakable; Back to the Vigil; 7: The Slaughterhouse 66k; Entangling Running and Animal Advocacy; On the Run; Being an "Engaged Running Vegan"; Back on the Run; Running For and As Animals; The End of the Line.

Epilogue: Finding a VoiceDiscussion Questions; Notes; Bibliography; About the Author; About the Publisher.

Includes bibliographical references.

Lockwood explores the dimensions of embodiment from his own body to those of the animals he bears witness to, from bodies of knowledge and those who place themselves in the way of the machinery of death, through to our physical efforts to make sense of a world where so much is desensitized, disembodied, and fragmented. Part of Lantern's [bio]graphies series.

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