Shattering Silence: Tracing Speciesism in Philippine Children’s Literature

• Main Author: Celestino, Chryssa
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: Human-animal studies; Philippine fiction; distanced approach; intrinsic value; inherent value
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss24/11; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1618/viewcontent/_5BKKv00n24_2015_5D_204.1_NewScholarsForum_Celestino.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

What does it mean to write the animal? In Philippine children’s literature where the population of the nonhuman animal is difficult to ignore, writing (about) them is supposed to aspire familiarization: an action that guides the child reader toward concepts of animality. The nonhuman animal has also...