Situating Human-Animal Engagement within Cultures
Buch, Englisch, 313 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 5459 g
ISBN: 978-1-137-59571-3
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
This book is an interdisciplinary collection shedding light on human-animal relationships and interactions around the world. The book offers a predominantly empirical look at social and cultural practices related to companion animals in Mexico, Poland, the Netherlands, Japan, China and Taiwan, Vietnam, USA, and Turkey among others. It focuses on how dogs, cats, rabbits and members of other species are perceived and treated in various cultures, highlighting commonalities and differences between them.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
Foreword – Robert W. Mitchell
Acknowledgments
List of Figures and Tables
Introduction – Michal Piotr Pregowski
Part I: Conceptualizing our Relationships with Animals
1. Companion Animals and Nuisance Species: Adventures in the Exotic, the Wild, the Illegal and Cross-Cultural Comfort Zones – Sara Waller
2. Anthrozoology in the Netherlands: Connecting Science and Practice – Jannes Eshuis, Marie-José Enders-Slegers, Theo Verheggen
3. Bringing the Beast Back In: The Rehabilitation of Pet Keeping in Soviet Russia – Amy Nelson
Part 2: Taking the Plunge: Adopting a Companion Animal, Traditional and Otherwise
4. Perceptions of Personality: How What We See Influences Our Perceptions about and Behavior toward Companion Animals – Miranda K. Workman
5. “A Cat-sized Hole in my Heart”: Public Perceptions of Companion Animal Adoption in the United States of America – Jennifer Sinski
6. Rabbits Multiplying Like Rabbits: The Rise in the Worldwide Popularity of Rabbits as Pets – Margo DeMello
Part 3: To Eat or to Love?
7. An Appetite for Dogs: Consuming and Loving Them in Vietnam – Anthony L. Podberscek
8. Human-Canine Relationships in China – Scott Hurley
9. Attitudes to Dogs in Taiwan: A Case Study – James Serpell, Yuying Hsu
Part 4: Companion Animals as Political Fallout
10. Semi-Stray Dogs and Graduated Humanness: The Political Encounters of Dogs and Humans in Mexico - Iván Sandoval-Cervantes
11. Polarized Opinions and Shared Goals: Feral Cat Management in an Academic Community in Kentucky – Rosanne Lorden
12. Strong Bonds: Companion Animals in Post-Tsunami Japan – Ross Mouer, Hazuki Kajiwara
Part 5: The Difference Language Makes
13. “I am a dog”: Orhan Pamuk and the Mongrelization of Fiction – Jeanne Dubino
14. Human Names as Companion Animal Names in Poland – Michal Piotr Pregowski
15. Awareness Can Change a Society: The Link between Animal Abuse and Domestic Violence in the Netherlands – Marie-José Enders-Slegers, Theo Verheggen, Jannes Eshuis
Part 6: Companion Animals and Leisure
16. Chats, Cats and a Cup of Tea. A Sociological Analysis of the Neko Café Phenomenon in Japan - Noriko Niijima
17. Canine Disc: America’s Best Export Product to Poland – Justyna Wlodarczyk
List of Contributors
Index