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humanimalia-10042	Miller, Alyce	Hogritude: Review of Brett Mizelle, Pig	2012	3	.pdf	application/pdf	1162	46	56	The only surprise here is that it took so long for the series to get around to “pig,” an animal that makes my own top ten list, and which Mizelle, a professor of history and American studies, describes as being “good to think with” (26) and “structurally and symbolically significant in the making of human society and culture across the globe” (7). Throughout the fast-paced eight chapters that compose this engaging book he does just that, opening with the challenges even of trying to define a pig, given the variety within the species around the globe, tracing the role of pigs as “associate,” food, and symbol, and ending with a call for appreciation of “hogritude: the practical condition and mythical essence of just being a pig” (181).	cache/humanimalia-10042.pdf	txt/humanimalia-10042.txt