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Breed(Ing) Narratives: Visualizing Values In Industrial Farming, Camille Bellet, Emily Morgan
Breed(Ing) Narratives: Visualizing Values In Industrial Farming, Camille Bellet, Emily Morgan
Animal Studies Journal
In this study, we consider how farmed animals, specifically pigs and chickens, are visualised in literature designed for circulation within animal production industries. The way breeding companies create and circulate images of industrial animals tells us a lot about their visions of what industrial animals are and how they believe animals should be treated. Drawing upon a wide range of material designed for circulation within animal production industries, from the 1880s to the 2010s, this paper examines how representations of pigs and chickens contribute to stories of perfection and advance ideals of power, race, gender, and progress. We demonstrate that …
Living In Two Worlds: Rural Maine In 1930, Richard H. Condon
Living In Two Worlds: Rural Maine In 1930, Richard H. Condon
Maine History
This article discusses the situation in the State of Maine in the early 1930. Highlighted are the quickening pace and modernization that came into the agrarian society and the challenge to residents of fast transportation and forced specialized farm production.