Cover ; Half Title ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Dedication ; Table of Contents ; List of contributors ; Preface ; 1 Meaning of Horses ; Part I Commodification and Identity; Part II Communication and Relation; Part III Performance, Practice and Presentation; 10 An Introduction to Contemporary Native American Horse Culture: Notes from the Northwest Plateau ; 11 Escaramuzas Charras: Paradoxes of Performance in a Mexican Women's Equestrian Sport ; 12 Horse Things: Objects, Practices and Meanings on Display ; 13 Biosocial Encounters and the Meaning of Horses ; Index