Culture and Activism: Animal Rights in France and the United States

Winner of the Award for Distinguished Scholarship from the Animals & Society Section of the American Sociological Association

This book offers a comparison of the animal rights movements in the US and France, drawing on ethnographic and interview material gathered amongst activists in both countries. Investigating the ways in which culture affects the outcomes of the two movements, the author examines its role as a constraining and enabling structure in both contexts, showing how cultural be...