Nonhuman Animals as Symbols in the #BlackLivesMatter Protests of 2020

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Abstract Racial uprisings often include animalized commentary and symbolic use of nonhuman animal bodies. This paper highlights some the bodies observed during #BlackLivesMatter protests within United States in 2020 – specifically, pig, horse, dog street protests. Displays pigs carry with them a racially rife past States. history harmed protesters protests, being described as suffering “like animals,” “pig” an epithet for police is explored. For Black Cowboys who joined on horseback, physical presence their horses amplified message, symbolized shift freedom, positioned eye-to-eye mounted officers. The politics, how they political messages “sign-carrying vehicles,” dangers others are addressed.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Society & Animals

سال: 2022

ISSN: ['1063-1119', '1568-5306']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/15685306-bja10116