Title Animals and society : an introduction to human-animal studies / Margo DeMello

Published New York : Columbia University Press, [2012]

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 470 pages) : illustrations Contents 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 Summary Human-animal studies explores human-animal relations and the place of animals within human social and cultural worlds. Considering that much of human society is structured through its interaction with non-human animals, and since human society relies heavily on the exploitation of animals to serve human needs, human-animal studies has become a rapidly expanding field of research, featuring a number of distinct positions, perspectives, and theories that require nuanced explanation and contextualization Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-458) and index Notes English Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed April 14, 2014) In EBL Subject Animals and civilization -- History Human-animal relationships -- History Human-animal relationships. NATURE -- Animals -- Mammals. SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Mammals. NATURE -- Animal Rights. Animals and civilization Human-animal relationships Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2012013347 ISBN 9780231526760 0231526768

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