TY  - JOUR
AU  - Belinda Kleinhans
PY  - 2021
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
JF  - literatur für leser:innen
IS  - 3
VL  - 39
SN  - 0343-1657
TI  - (Un)Thinking Otherness: The Entanglement of  and  in Rahel Hutmacher’s Animal Stories
DO  - 10.3726/9445_LFL_16-3_181
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1157080
N2  - Difference, or “Otherness” to the dominant paradigm, has long posed a challenge to societies. Human expectations of conformity and preferences for homogeneity frequently result in the marginalization of Others, who are subjected to discriminatory thoughts, speech, and practices. Animal figures are often poster children for Otherness, utilized in philosophical discourse as the ultimate Other through and against which the human species is defined, but also used in political and social discourse to justify the allocation or withdrawal of protections and rights. The concept of the animal shows the clear ethical distinction that determines the binary value and status of life in a society. While 
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