The Domestic Chicken as Legal Fiction
This paper explores the legal fictions surrounding the domestic chicken and its place in animal agriculture through a comparison of law and cultural narrative. The legal fictions examined are that of chickens as already dead, chickens as things, and chickens as a collective. Through examination of...
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Humanimalia
2017-09-01
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This paper explores the legal fictions surrounding the domestic chicken and its place in animal agriculture through a comparison of law and cultural narrative. The legal fictions examined are that of chickens as already dead, chickens as things, and chickens as a collective. Through examination of these fictions, a narrative of cruelty arises that questions the current treatment of domestic chickens in animal agriculture.
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| spelling | doaj.art-6db73f8418494ea28204ace0fe00d3882023-10-18T08:39:56ZengHumanimaliaHumanimalia2151-86452017-09-019110.52537/humanimalia.9611 The Domestic Chicken as Legal FictionEstée Crenshaw This paper explores the legal fictions surrounding the domestic chicken and its place in animal agriculture through a comparison of law and cultural narrative. The legal fictions examined are that of chickens as already dead, chickens as things, and chickens as a collective. Through examination of these fictions, a narrative of cruelty arises that questions the current treatment of domestic chickens in animal agriculture. https://humanimalia.org/article/view/9611 |
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