Animals and society : an introduction to human-animal studies.

Human-animal studies is an interdisciplinary field that explores the spaces that animals occupy in human social and cultural worlds. Margo DeMello provides a broad overview of this rapidly growing field. This second edition is fully updated and expanded throughout, enhancing the book's relevanc...

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Tác giả chính: DeMello, Margo
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: New York : Columbia University Press, 2021.
Phiên bản:Second edition.
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Mục lục:
  • Intro
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part I: Constructing Animals: Animal Categories
  • 1. Human-Animal Studies
  • 2. Animal-Human Borders
  • 3. The Social Construction of Animals
  • Part II: Using Animals: Human-Animal Economies
  • 4. Animals "in the Wild" and in Human Societies
  • 5. The Domestication of Animals
  • 6. Display, Performance, and Sport
  • 7. The Making and Consumption of Meat
  • 8. The Pet Animal
  • 9. Animals and Science
  • 10. Animal-Assisted Activities
  • Part III: Attitudes Toward Animals
  • 11. Working with Animals
  • 12. Violence to Animals
  • 13. Human Oppression and Animal Suffering
  • Part IV: Imagining Animals: Animals in Human Thought
  • 14. Animals in Symbol and Art
  • 15. Animals in Religion and Folklore
  • 16. Animals in Literature and Film
  • Part V: Knowing and Relating to Animals: Animal Behavior and Animal Ethics
  • 17. Animal Behavior Studies and Ethology
  • 18. The Moral Status of Animals
  • 19. The Animal Protection Movement
  • 20. The Future of the Human-Animal Relationship
  • Bibliography
  • Index