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Just Like Family : How Companion Animals Joined the Household /

"A first-of-its kind, in-depth investigation into how companion animals and their humans have carved out a new type of family - the multi-species family - in which identities like parent, child, grandparent, and sibling transcend species to create new forms of kinship"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Laurent-Simpson, Andrea (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2021]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Has the American family gone to the animals? : the new multispecies family
  • "She loves to be read to": parents without children and their animal kids
  • "Phil's calling Grandma" : supporting family identities
  • "They call me his mommy" : families with human children
  • "This is my son Rosenberg" : advertising in the age of pet parents.