“In the quiet exchange of warmth, species dissolve.”
(All cited works are real except for the anthology itself, which is a fictional construct for the purposes of this analysis.) Animal - Dog - The Best Of Chessie Moore -Mixed Beastiality
The concept of mixedness has been examined primarily in the context of post‑colonial hybridity (Bhabha 1994) and genetic studies (Parker & vonHoldt 2020). In animal studies, mixed‑breed dogs have received limited scholarly attention, often reduced to “rescue narratives” (Miller 2021). Recent work by S. Levy (2023) suggests that against dominant breeding ideologies, yet a systematic literary analysis remains absent. “In the quiet exchange of warmth, species dissolve
This paper asks:
Visual storytelling thus reinforces a , echoing Nussbaum’s call for recognizing animal capacities for reciprocal relationships. “In the quiet exchange of warmth
By co‑opting the phonology of “bestiality,” Moore creates a : “beast‑iality” becomes a celebration of the beastly (animal) perspective, not a reference to illicit sexual acts. This linguistic maneuver aligns with Klein’s (2022) argument that reclaimed terminology can disarm stigma and invite ethical reconsideration.