Animaladies: gender, animals, and madness

Do depictions of crazy cat ladies obscure more sinister structural violence against animals hoarded in factory farms?

Highlighting the frequent pathologisation of animal lovers and animal rights activists, this work examines how the 'madness' of our relationships with animals intersects with the 'madness' of taking animals seriously.

The essays collected in this volume argue that 'animaladies' are expressive of political and psychological discontent, and the characterisation of animal advocacy as mad or 'crazy' distracts attention from broader social unease regarding human exploitation of animal life.