{"product_id":"bits-and-pieces-9780472076253","title":"Bits and Pieces","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGathers pivotal and more mundane moments, dispersed across a predominantly Western history of moving images, in which animals materialize in movies and TV shows, from iconic scenes of cattle slaughter in early Soviet montage to quandaries over hunting trophies in recent home-renovation reality TV series, to animals in Black horror films.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“O’Brien’s wonderful study offers rich readings of the mediation of animal lives and deaths by cinema and television, its connections to slaughter and taxidermy, and related questions of race and commodification. O’Brien traces the historical and material contours of these entanglements in highly astute and accessible terms, prompting us to look anew at animal and animalized presences on-screen, from slaughter cinema to ‘TV trophies’.”—Laura McMahon, University of Cambridge “\u003ci\u003eBits and Pieces\u003c\/i\u003e explores the ways in which film and television mediate our understanding of animal life and death, and especially the issue of animal slaughter. The scholarship is sound, and the presentation of the material and writing style are wonderfully clear and crisp.” —Claire Jean Kim, University of California, Irvine “O’Brien rightly finds images of animals everywhere—but doesn’t try to approach the subject encyclopedically. Instead, she hones in on parallel thematic and imagistic tracks, and takes intensive looks within. \u003ci\u003eBits and Pieces\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling, well-written, and deeply researched work.”—Cynthia Chris, College of Staten Island, CUNY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFilmography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1: Slaughter Cinema\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2: Glass Walls\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3: Cabinets of Curiosity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4: TV Trophies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"LUP - University of Michigan Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037122101591,"sku":"9780472076253","price":60.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780472076253.jpg?v=1750934520","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/bits-and-pieces-9780472076253","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}