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Animals and society : an introduction to human-animal studies
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The first book to provide a full overview of human--animal studies, this volume focuses on the conceptual construction of animals in American culture and the way in which it reinforces and perpetua...
The first book to provide a full overview of human--animal studies, this volume focuses on the conceptual construction of animals in American culture and the way in which it reinforces and perpetuates hierarchical human relationships rooted in racism, sexism, and class privilege. Margo DeMello considers interactions between humans and animals within the family, the law, the religious and political system, and other major social institutions, and she unpacks the different identities humans fashion for themselves and for others through animals.
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- Creator
- Margo DeMello
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- Language
- English
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- New York : Columbia University Press, [2012]
- ©2012
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- xiv, 470 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
- ISBNs
- 0231152949, 9780231152945, 9780231152952, 0231526768, 0231152957, 9780231526760
- OCLC
- ocn794366337, ocn818857939
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Human-animal studies. Coming to animal studies / by Susan McHugh -- Animal-human borders -- The social construction of animals. The joy of chickens / by Annie Potts -- Animals "in the wild" and in human societies. The colonial animal / by Walter Putnam -- The domestication of animals. Coming to animals / by Molly Mullin -- Display, performance, and sport. Working from within : an ethnographer in human-animal worlds / by Garry Marvin -- The making and consumption of meat -- The pet animal. Helping people, helping pets : working with VET SOS / by Cheryl Joseph -- Animals and science -- Animal-assisted activities. The healing gift of animals : animal-assisted therapy / by Cynthia Kay Chandler -- Working with animals. Working with people who work with animals / by Clinton Sanders -- Violence to animals. AniCare : treating animal abuse / by Kenneth Shapiro -- Human oppression and animal suffering. Connecting the dots : legitimating oppressions / by David Nibert -- Animals in human thought. Animals and the creative arts / by Carol Gigliotti -- Animals in religion and folklore. What do animals and religion have to do with each other? / by Laura Hobgood-Oster -- Animals in literature and film. Literary animal encounters / by Philip Armstrong -- Animal behavior studies and ethology. Doing and saying in play between dogs and people / by Robert W. Mitchell -- The moral status of animals. The morality of awareness / by Kathie Jenni -- The animal protection movement -- The future of the human-animal relationship