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Colin Dayan,also known as Joan Dayan,is Professor Emerita,the Robert Penn Warren Professor in the Humanities at Vanderbilt University, [1] where she teaches American studies,comparative literature,and the religious and legal history of the Americas.
She has written extensively on prison law and torture,Caribbean culture and literary history,as well as on Haitian poetics,Edgar Allan Poe,and the history of slavery. After receiving her Ph.D. from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York in 1980,she taught at Princeton University,Yale University,the Graduate Center of the City University of New York,Queens College of the City University of New York,the University of Arizona,and the University of Pennsylvania. She received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2004 [2] and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2012. [3]
Dayan is the author of eight books. Her literary history work includes a 1977 English translation of RenéDepestre's A Rainbow for the Christian West and the 1987 book Fables of Mind:An Inquiry into Poe's Fiction,which discusses themes of knowledge and identity in Edgar Allan Poe's short stories. [4]
Her book Haiti,History,and the Gods (1995) reorients the study of Haitian history through what she calls "literary fieldwork". In the process,she recasts many boundaries:between politics and poetics,between the secular and the sacred,and between the colonizer and the colonized,those who deemed themselves masters and those who worked as slaves. [5]
Dayan has written multiple books which focus on animal rights issues and human-dog socialization as extended metaphors for imprisonment,racism and non-human personhood. [6] These works include The Story of Cruel and Unusual (2007),pit bull fighting in The Law is a White Dog:How Legal Rituals Make and Unmake Persons (2011),and canine representation in media in With Dogs at the Edge of Life (2016). [7] [8] [9] Dayan has also written about pit bull profiling for publications such as The Conversation. [10]
Her memoirs In the Belly of Her Ghost (2019) and Animal Quintet (2020) use nature and animal imagery to evoke "the uncanny power of physical objects",framing her Haitian heritage and her childhood in the American South in the context of human treatment of animals. [11] [12] [13]
Pit bull is an umbrella term for several types of dog believed to have descended from bull and terriers. In the United States,the term is usually considered to include the American Pit Bull Terrier,American Staffordshire Terrier,American Bully,Staffordshire Bull Terrier,and sometimes the American Bulldog,along with any crossbred dog that shares certain physical characteristics with these breeds. In other countries,including the United Kingdom,the term is used as an abbreviation of the American Pit Bull Terrier breed specifically,while the Staffordshire Bull Terrier is not considered a pit bull. Most pit bull–type dogs descend from the British bull and terrier,a 19th-century dog-fighting type developed from crosses between the Old English Bulldog and the Old English Terrier.
Dog fighting is a type of blood sport that turns game and fighting dogs against each other in a physical fight,often to the death,for the purposes of gambling or entertainment to the spectators. In rural areas,fights are often staged in barns or outdoor pits;in urban areas,fights are often staged in garages,basements,warehouses,alleyways,abandoned buildings,neighborhood playgrounds,or in the streets. Dog fights usually last until one dog is declared a winner,which occurs when one dog fails to scratch,dies,or jumps out of the pit. Sometimes dog fights end without declaring a winner;for instance,the dog's owner may call the fight.
In law,breed-specific legislation (BSL) is a type of law that prohibits or restricts particular breeds or types of dog. Such laws range from outright bans on the possession of these dogs,to restrictions and conditions on ownership,and often establishes a legal presumption that such dogs are dangerous or vicious to prevent dog attacks. Some jurisdictions have enacted breed-specific legislation in response to a number of fatalities or maulings involving pit bull–type dogs or other dog breeds commonly used in dog fighting,and some government organizations such as the United States Army and Marine Corps have taken administrative action as well. Due to opposition to such laws in the United States,anti-BSL laws have been passed in 21 of the 50 state-level governments,prohibiting or restricting the ability of jurisdictions within those states to enact or enforce breed-specific legislation.
The American Pit Bull Terrier (APBT) is a dog breed recognized by the United Kennel Club (UKC) and the American Dog Breeders Association (ADBA),but not the American Kennel Club (AKC). It is a medium-sized,short-haired dog,of a solid build,whose early ancestors came from England. When compared with the English Staffordshire Bull Terrier,the American Pit Bull Terrier is larger by margins of 6–8 inches (15–20 cm) in height and 25–35 pounds (11–16 kg) in weight. The American Pit Bull Terrier varies in size:males are normally about 18–21 inches (45–53 cm) in height and around 35–60 pounds (15–27 kg) in weight,while females are normally around 17–20 inches (43–50 cm) in height and 30–50 pounds (13–22 kg) in weight.
Dog training is a kind of animal training,the application of behavior analysis which uses the environmental events of antecedents and consequences to modify the dog behavior,either for it to assist in specific activities or undertake particular tasks,or for it to participate effectively in contemporary domestic life. While training dogs for specific roles dates back to Roman times at least,the training of dogs to be compatible household pets developed with suburbanization in the 1950s.
Rat-baiting is a blood sport that involves releasing captured rats in an enclosed space with spectators betting on how long a dog,usually a terrier,takes to kill the rats. Often,two dogs competed,with the winner receiving a cash prize. It is now illegal in most countries.
Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan is a reality television series that featured dog trainer Cesar Millan's work with problem dogs. The series ran for nine seasons,from September 13,2004 to September 15,2012.
César Felipe Millán Favela is a Mexican-American dog trainer. His television series Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan was produced from 2004 to 2012 and is broadcast in more than 80 countries worldwide.
Animals in sport are a specific form of working animals. Many animals,at least in more commercial sports,are highly trained. Two of the most common animals in sport are horses and dogs.
Dog fighting in the United States is an activity in which fights between two game dogs are staged as a form of entertainment and gambling. Such activity has existed since the early 19th century in the United States and was gradually prohibited in all states. It continues as an underground activity in both rural and urban locations.
Stephanie Lemelin is an American actress and screenwriter. She is best known for voicing Artemis Crock on Young Justice,Eep on Dawn of the Croods and Audrey on Harvey Girls Forever!.
Hotel for Dogs is a 2009 American family comedy film directed by Thor Freudenthal in his directorial debut,and based on the 1971 novel of the same name by Lois Duncan. Starring Jake T. Austin,Emma Roberts,Kyla Pratt,Lisa Kudrow,Kevin Dillon and Don Cheadle,the film tells the story of two orphaned siblings,who secretly take in stray dogs along with their family dog at a vacant hotel.
Karen Dawn is an American animal rights and welfare advocate and writer.
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During a 1983 family vacation,American businessman and future politician Mitt Romney drove 12 hours with his dog on top of the car in a windshield-equipped carrier. This incident became the subject of negative media attention and political attacks on Romney in both the 2008 and the 2012 presidential elections.
Jennifer Skiff is an American author,journalist and television producer,best known for writing inspirational books and animal welfare diplomacy.
Zoobiquity is a 2012 non-fiction science book co-written by the cardiologist Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers. It was a New York Times Bestseller.
DogsBite.org is a nonprofit organization that publishes accounts of and compiles statistics of dog bite related fatalities throughout the United States,victim testimonies,an overview of breed-specific legislation within the United States,and advocates for victims of dog bites by promoting breed-specific legislation as a means to reduce serious dog attacks. The organization provides statistics and information to news organizations and has filed amicus briefs in court cases related to breed-specific legislation. The organization has been criticized for publishing misleading or inaccurate information.
Canine Intervention (Canine Academy) is an American Netflix original TV show/reality show of 6 episodes of about 35 minutes each. Originally a web-series,the premiere on Netflix occurred on February 24,2021. The show takes place in Oakland,California. It deals with dog training,through the main protagonist,Jasalah Leverette and his dog training facility,Cali K9 in San Jose. Each episode displays Leverette coping with specific cases. The show is directed by Elise Duran and produced by the A.Smith &co-Productions company.