Animal - Dog - The Best Of Chessie Moore -mixed Beastiality -

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.

To answer these questions, the analysis proceeds through three sections: a literature review situating Moore within animal studies and hybridity theory; a methodological overview of close textual reading paired with a thematic content analysis; and a discussion of findings that foreground the anthology’s contribution to humane narrative practice. Animal - Dog - The Best Of Chessie Moore -Mixed Beastiality

Chessie Moore’s latest anthology, , disrupts this tradition. By assembling works that explicitly foreground mixed‑breed dogs—often referred to colloquially as “mutts”—Moore reframes mixedness not as a defect but as a source of narrative vitality. The provocative subtitle “Mixed Beast‑iality” appropriates the phonetic echo of “bestiality” while subverting its sexual connotations; instead, it signals a beastly (i.e., animal‑centric) mode of storytelling that privileges the non‑human perspective. Visual storytelling thus reinforces a , echoing Nussbaum’s

Visual storytelling thus reinforces a , echoing Nussbaum’s call for recognizing animal capacities for reciprocal relationships. Visual storytelling thus reinforces a