Becoming "Zoos": New Zoophiles in Germany Who Choose One's Sexuality

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  • <論文>"ズー"になる --ドイツにおける動物性愛者たちによるセクシュアリティの選択

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This paper aims to clarify how trans-species relationships between zoophiles and their animal partners are constructed and how inter-species relationships affect people, based on qualitative research on zoophiles in Germany. During the research, I met with people who choose to be zoophiles in order to realize their best possible relationships with their dog partners, and whose opinions and actions stem from a viewpoint of animal-care. The research participants in this paper became zoophiles after learning of the concept of zoophilia through their close friends' coming out as zoophiles. They undergo processes of understanding and acceptance of this sexuality, and subsequently, decided to become zoophiles themselves. In this paper I focus on people who became zoophiles in Germany, as such people may help to explain the emergence of zoophilia as an ideology which can gain acceptance by others. I describe zoophiles' real lives comparing their relationships with their animal partners to the concept of the "Companion Species" by Donna Haraway. I argue that Haraway's conceptualization maintains species asymmetry because of her ignorance of companion species' sexuality. Furthermore, I argue about the need for consideration of animals' sexuality especially in discussions of human co-existence with animals.

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    Contact zone 11 (2019), 62-94, 2019-08-31

    京都大学大学院人間・環境学研究科 文化人類学分野

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  • CRID
    1050845763410775424
  • NII Article ID
    120006719358
  • NII Book ID
    AA12260795
  • ISSN
    21885974
  • HANDLE
    2433/243974
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Article Type
    departmental bulletin paper
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    • IRDB
    • CiNii Articles

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