Loving Animals: On Bestiality, Zoophilia and Post-Human Love - Hardcover

by Joanna Bourke (Author)

Sex with animals is one of the last taboos but, for a practice that is generally regarded as abhorrent, it is remarkable how many books, films, plays, paintings, and photographs depict the subject. So, what does loving animals mean? In this book the renowned historian Joanna Bourke explores the modern history of sex between humans and animals. Bourke looks at the changing meanings of "bestiality" and "zoophilia," assesses the psychiatric and sexual aspects, and she concludes by delineating an ethics of animal loving.

Author Biography

Joanna Bourke is professor of history at Birkbeck, University of London, as well as the Gresham Professor of Rhetoric and a Global Innovation Chair at the University of Newcastle, Australia. Her many books include What it Means to be Human.