Choice Reviews Online· 2013· Review
Animals and society: an introduction to human-animal studies
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Short summary
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the interdisciplinary field of human-animal studies, exploring how animals are constructed, used, perceived, and related to within human societies.
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Key points
- Explores the social construction of animal categories and human-animal borders.
- Examines the economic and societal uses of animals, including domestication, consumption, and their roles in science and leisure.
- Discusses human attitudes toward animals, encompassing work, violence, oppression, and suffering.
- Analyzes how animals are represented symbolically in human thought, religion, folklore, literature, and film.
- Covers animal behavior studies, ethology, animal ethics, and the animal protection movement.
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Abstract
PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPart I: Constructing Animals: Animal Categories 1. Human-Animal Studies2. Animal-Human Borders3. The Social Construction of AnimalsPart II: Using Animals: Human-Animal Economies4. Animals the Wild and in Human Societies5. The Domestication of Animals6. Display7. The Making and Consumption of Meat8. The Pet Animal9. Animals and Science10. Animal-Assisted ActivitiesPart III: Attitudes Toward Animals11. Working with Animals12. Violence to Animals13. Human Oppression and Animal SufferingPart IV: Imagining Animals: Animals as Symbol14. Animals in Human Thought15. Animals in Religion and Folklore 16. Animals in Literature and FilmPart V: Knowing and Relating to Animals: Animal Behavior and Animal Ethics17. Animal Behavior Studies and Ethology18. The Moral Status of Animals 19. The Animal Protection Movement20. The Future of the Human-Animal RelationshipBibliographyIndex
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