Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: Animating Animacy 1
5. Part I Words
6. 1. Language and Mattering Humans 23
7. 2. Queer Animation 57
8. Part II Animals
9. 3. Queer Animality 89
10. 4. Animals, Sex, and Transsubstantiation 127
11. Part III Metals
12. 5. Lead’s Racial Matters 159
13. 6. Following Mercurial Affect 189
14. Afterword: The Spill and the Sea 223
15. Notes 239
16. Bibliography 261
17. Index 283