Author: Porter, Pete

Source: Society and Animals, Volume 17, Number 4, 2009 , pp. 368-375(8)

Publisher: BRILL

Abstract:

This review explores the central themes and species ideology of Bolt, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, and Beverly Hills Chihuahua. All suggest incremental changes in human attitudes toward animals but all strongly confirm the mainstream view of animals as domestic companions and as models of human society. Whatever the limitations of their imagining of nonhuman existence, however, these films promise to raise awareness of some challenges faced by nonhuman animals in a human world.

Keywords: ANIMAL; ANIMATION; DOMESTICATION; NONHUMAN; SPECIES IDEOLOGY

Document Type: Review article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/106311109X12474622855345

Affiliations: 1: Eastern Washington University

Publication date: 2009-08-01

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