This double-issue, co-edited with Anna Marta Marini, explores the various meanings of animals in American culture.

Table of Contents

Animals in the American Imagination (Michael Fuchs and Anna Marta Marini) - link

Jaws, From the Shark's Point of View (Brett Mills) - link

Shark Tales: Hawaiian Epistemologies and Indigenous Resistance in Kiana Davenport's Shark Dialogues and Kawai Strong Washburn's Sharks in the Time of Saviors (Kirsten Møllegaard) - link

Maritime Encounters in the American Midwest (Alison Fields) - link

Discovering the Living Fossil Short Story in the Late Nineteenth Century (Richard Fallon) - link (open access)

Brom Bones Meets the Count de Buffon: Race, Biopower, and Natural History in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (Theo Joy Campbell) - link

Canary in a Coal Mine: From Mine Safety Technique to Animal Metaphor (Brian James Leech) - link

Domestication Western-Style: Fantasies of Harmony and the Violence of Plasticity in Mary O'Hara's My Friend Flicka (Justyna Włodarczyk) - link (open access)

Press X to Pet: A Critical Analysis of Dog-Petting Mechanics in High-Profile (MMO)RPGs (Samantha Baugus) - link

Animal Ownership and Ecological Consciousness in Three American Horror Texts (Evert Jan van Leeuwen) - link (open access)