Browse by author
Lookup NU author(s): Sue Bradley
Full text for this publication is not currently held within this repository. Alternative links are provided below where available.
This article explores accounts of touch in recollections of twentieth-century British veterinary practice. The meanings of sensory experience are context-specific and revealing of how we relate to the world. Veterinary narrators are skilful in describing tactile procedures, and their reflections on hands illuminate aspects of professional identity. Of all the senses, touch is unique in its reciprocity; in these narratives, animals are creatures whose lives interact with our own. Oral history is told from a human perspective but can nevertheless recognise other standpoints. Sensory evidence offers a means towards this, enabling oral history to contribute to a more inclusive vision that recognises the interconnectedness of human and non-human animal lives.
Author(s): Bradley S
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Oral History
Year: 2021
Volume: 49
Issue: 1
Pages: 35-48
Print publication date: 01/03/2021
Acceptance date: 07/09/2020
ISSN (print): 0143-0955
Publisher: Oral History Society
URL: https://www.ohs.org.uk/journal/
