Soft Animal Heart

IF 0.4 Q3 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY Departures in Critical Qualitative Research Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI:10.1525/dcqr.2021.10.3.24
Lauren A. Mitchell
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What does it mean to create familial bonds between humans and animals? Do love, mourning, and empathy matter less if they are directed toward nonhuman animals? This narrative-driven essay explores the nuances of loss during a widely precarious year, and the ways families are created and dissolved through mourning, while also addressing the socially fraught history of the “witchy cat lady.” The author, a full-spectrum doula who had previously specialized in stillbirth support, argues that empathy may offer a heightened version of itself when it demands communicating across a species difference.
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动物之心
在人类和动物之间建立家族关系意味着什么?对非人类动物的爱、哀悼和同情是否就不那么重要了?这篇以叙事为导向的文章探讨了在一个非常不稳定的年份里失去亲人的细微差别,以及家庭在哀悼中建立和解散的方式,同时也讲述了“女巫猫夫人”充满社会争议的历史。作者是一名全方位的助产师,以前专门从事死产支持,他认为,当移情需要跨越物种差异进行沟通时,它可能会提供一个更高的版本。
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Departures in Critical Qualitative Research
Departures in Critical Qualitative Research Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics
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