Bad Dog av Harlan Weaver

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<P>Fifty-plus years of media fearmongering coupled with targeted breed bans have produced what could be called ¿America¿s Most Wanted¿ dog: the pit bull. However, at the turn of the twenty-first century, competing narratives began to change the meaning of ¿pit bull.¿ Increasingly represented as loving members of mostly white, middle-class, heteronormative families, pit bulls and pit bull¿type dogs are now frequently seen as victims rather than perpetrators, beings deserving not fear or scorn but rather care and compassion.</P><P>Drawing from the increasingly contentious world of human/dog politics and featuring rich ethnographic research among dogs and their advocates, <i>Bad Dog</i> explores how relationships between humans and animals not only reflect but actively shape experiences of race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, nation, breed, and species. Harlan Weaver proposes a critical and queer reading of pit bull politics and animal advocacy, challenging the zero-sum logic through which