“Pit Bull: The Battle over an American Icon”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

Browney Dickey spent seven years researching with dog experts and dog bite victims for the book.^[3]^[4]^[5] For Dickey's efforts she received death threats at book signings by anti pit bull advocates.^[6]^[7]

Reception

This is a very good book… Ms. Dickey has earned her reputation as a first-rate reporter.” —The Wall Street Journal.^[11]

"Terrific... [Dickey] does more than simply dispel the many myths around pit bulls; she strives to explore what those myths can tell us about ourselves. This beautifully written, heartbreaking book is not just for dog lovers — it's for anyone interested in race, class, history and the complexity of media narratives." —NPR^[12]

Ms. Dickey not only writes about the ebb and flow of public fear and loathing, she takes the reader on a thoroughly comprehensible tour of genetics and behavioral science to explain why breeding never guarantees an individual dog’s personality, and shouldn’t be used to condemn it.... Picking out one breed to blame is neither warranted nor effective, and a reader of her book will be hard put to disagree." —The New York Times^[13]

“Brilliant… A powerful and disturbing book that shows how the rise of the killer-pit bull narrative reflects many broader American anxieties and pathologies surrounding race, class, and poverty… A remarkable study of our capacities for cruelty and compassion toward dogs and other humans, and an eloquent argument for abandoning the fears and prejudices that have made pit bulls in particular the victims of mistreatment.” —Christian Science Monitor^[14]

Anti pit bull advocates accused Bronwen Dickey of downplaying the potential danger of pit bull dogs.^[15]^[16]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-307-96176-1|title=Nonfiction Book Review: Pit Bull: The Battle Over an American Icon by Bronwen Dickey. Knopf, $26.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-307-96176-1|website=Publishersweekly.com|accessdate=10 July 2018}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.pointofinquiry.org/getting_to_the_pit_of_the_bull_bronwen_dickey_on_canines_and_conspiracies/|title=Getting to the Pit of the Bull: Bronwen Dickey on Canines and Conspiracies|website=Pointofinquiry.org|accessdate=10 July 2018}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://splinternews.com/the-racist-story-behind-the-pit-bull-s-fall-from-americ-1793857029|title=The racist story behind the pit bull’s fall from American icon to demon dog|first=Daniel|last=Rivero|website=Splinternews.com|accessdate=10 July 2018}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture-articles/fear-loathing-mythology-pit-bull-bronwen-dickey/|title=Fear, loathing, and the mythology of the pit bull: Bronwen Dickey on America's most divisive dog - Atlanta Magazine|date=16 May 2016|website=Atlantamagazine.com|accessdate=10 July 2018}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2016/05/20/pit-bull-rescue-mission-restoring-a-bad-dogs-good-name/|title=It’s time to stop demonizing pit bulls|website=Washington Post|accessdate=10 July 2018}}
6. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2016/06/28/an-author-says-she-hoped-to-advance-the-debate-about-pit-bulls-instead-she-became-a-target/|title=An author says she hoped to advance the debate about pit bulls. Instead, she became a target|newspaper=Washington Post|accessdate=10 July 2018}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/pit-bulls-may-or-may-not-be-dangerous-but-bronwen-dickey-can-attest-that-writing-about-them-definitely-is/Content?oid=5051862|title=Pit Bulls May or May Not Be Dangerous. But Bronwen Dickey Can Attest That Writing About Them Definitely Is.|first=David|last=Klein|website=Indyweek.com|accessdate=10 July 2018}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/bronwen-dickey/pit-bull-battle/|title=PIT BULL by Bronwen Dickey - Kirkus Reviews|website=Kirkusreviews.com|accessdate=10 July 2018}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=https://manhattanbookreview.com/product/pit-bull-the-battle-over-an-american-icon/|title=Pit Bull: The Battle over an American Icon - Manhattan Book Review|website=Manhattanbookreview.com|accessdate=10 July 2018}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=https://thebark.com/content/book-review-pit-bull-battle-over-american-icon|title=Book Review: Pit Bull - The Battle over an American Icon|website=Thebark.com|accessdate=10 July 2018}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/breeding-contempt-1464373739|title=Breeding Contempt|first=Pat|last=Shipman|date=27 May 2016|publisher=|accessdate=5 September 2018|via=www.wsj.com}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/05/10/477350069/friend-or-fiend-pit-bull-explores-the-history-of-americas-most-feared-dog|title=Friend Or Fiend? 'Pit Bull' Explores The History Of America's Most Feared Dog|website=Npr.org|accessdate=10 July 2018}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/31/science/review-pit-bull-by-bronwen-dickey.html|title=Review: ‘Pit Bull’ Traces Path From Fighter to Pet to Demon|website=Nytimes.com|accessdate=10 July 2018}}
14. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/Book-Reviews/2016/0517/Pit-Bull-aims-to-tell-the-story-of-a-maligned-breed|title='Pit Bull' aims to tell the story of a maligned breed|date=17 May 2016|accessdate=10 July 2018|publisher=Christian Science Monitor}}
15. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/josh-shaffer/article82711652.html|title=Pit bull author’s critics are off the leash – Shaffer|website=Newsobserver.com|accessdate=10 July 2018}}
16. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.thecut.com/2017/03/how-both-sides-of-the-pit-bull-debate-get-it-wrong.html|title=How Both Sides of the Pit Bull Debate Get It Wrong|first=Evan|last=Allgood|website=Thecut.com|accessdate=10 July 2018}}
17. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/animal-emotions/201606/pit-bulls-the-psychology-breedism-fear-and-prejudice|title=Pit Bulls: The Psychology of Breedism, Fear, and Prejudice|website=Psychology Today|accessdate=10 July 2018}}

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