Dog's best friend? : rethinking canid-human relations /

"In almost 40 per cent of households in North America, dogs are kept as companion animals. Dogs may be man's best friends, but what are humans to dogs? If these animals' loyalty and unconditional love have won our hearts, why do we so often view closely related wild canids, such as fo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sorenson, John, 1952- (Editor ), Matsuoka, Atsuko Karin (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2019.
Temas:
Dogs > Effect of human beings on.
Dogs > Social aspects.
Pets > Social aspects.
Human-animal relationships.
Chiens > Effets de l'homme sur.
Chiens > Aspect social.
Animaux familiers > Aspect social.
Relations homme-animal.
PETS > Dogs > General.
Dogs > Social aspects
Human-animal relationships
Pets > Social aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • INTRODUCTION: Rethinking CAnid-Human Relations / John Sorenson and Atsuko Matsuoka
  • Section One Historical Canid-Human Relations
  • 1. Dogs and Humans in Ancient Greece and Rome: Towards a Definition of Extended Appropriate Interaction / Cristiana Franco
  • 2. Well-Bred Is Weil-Behaved: The Creation and Meaning of Dog Breeds / Martin Wallen
  • 3. Significant Others: Fox Gods and Dog Generals in Pre-Modern Japan / Michael Bathgate
  • Section Two Dogs in Space
  • 4. Dogs, Dirt, and Public Space / Karla Armbruster
  • 5. Post-Human Families? Dog-Human Relations in the Domestic Sphere / Nickie Charles
  • 6. Connected and Interconnected: Bali People and Bali Dogs / Agra Utari
  • 7. Street Dogs, Rights, and the Pursuit of Justice in India's Dogopolis / Lisa Warden
  • 8. Gone Stray: A Journey of Gou Mama and Their Fur-Kids / Chia-ju Chang
  • 9. Caring for Istanbul's Street Animals: Empathy, Altruism, and Rage / Kimberly Hart
  • Section Three Exploitation
  • 10. Eating Dogs / John Sorenson
  • 11. The Beagle Freedom Project: Activism, Advocacy, and Awareness / Tim Fowler
  • Section Four Wild Canids
  • 12. Becoming "Us" / Sandi Mikuse
  • 13. Time to Rethink the Wolf: Reflections on Captivity / Rob Laidlaw
  • 14. Of Bounty and Beastly Tales: Wolves and the Canadian Imagination / Stephanie Rutherford
  • CONCLUSION: Canid-Human Relations, Speciesism, and Overlooked Interlocking Systems of Oppression / John Sorenson and Atsuko Matsuoka.

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