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Journeys toward an Authentic Self

2009; Brill; Volume: 17; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1163/106311109x12474622855345

1568-5306

Pete Porter,

Media, Gender, and Advertising

Abstract This review explores the central themes and species ideology of Bolt, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, and Beverly Hills Chihuahua. All suggest incremental changes in human attitudes toward animals but all strongly confirm the mainstream view of animals as domestic companions and as models of human society. Whatever the limitations of their imagining of nonhuman existence, however, these films promise to raise awareness of some challenges faced by nonhuman animals in a human world.