This book aims to show how film can increase awareness of the plight of farmed animals without exploiting them. Much has been written on the rights of animals, be they in the wild or circuses, hunted, experimented on, used for entertainment, or slaughtered and consumed. However, there has been little that has examined in any detail the filming of farmed animals, and nothing on a declaration of rights for such animals, thus leaving them in a limbo of neglect. Stephen Marcus Finn offers a manifesto on how to foster the rights of farmed animals in filming and sets out to rectify this lacuna.

Explores how to foster the rights of farmed animals on film Includes chapters by academics and animal advocates Follows a cross-disciplinary approach drawing on several traditions

Autorentext

Stephen Marcus Finn is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Pretoria. He is an animal rights activist, a novelist, and playwright whose writing concentrates on social outsiders and the oppressed.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. Concepts and Theoretical Underpinning.- 3. Cruelty to Animals in Films: A Brief History.- 4. Animal Rights in the Arts.- 5. Animal Rights in Film.- 6. Manifestos Across the Board.- 7. A Farmed Animal Rights Manifesto (FARM) for Film.- 8. FARM as Manifested in Animal Rights Films.- 9. Conclusion.