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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
2021.
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| Edición: | Second edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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