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Humans and Other Animals: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Human-Animal Interactions
Samantha Hurn
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Description for Humans and Other Animals: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Human-Animal Interactions
Paperback. Explores the evolving and diverse ways in which humans and animals interact, from blood sports to pet keeping. Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: JFFZ; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
What are our attitudes towards other animals, and how does this affect our humanity? This work of anthrozoology explores the myriad and evolving ways in which humans and animals interact, the divergent cultural constructions of humanity and animality found around the world, and individual experiences of other animals. This book looks at case studies covering blood sports (such as hunting, fishing and bull fighting), pet keeping and `petishism', eco-tourism and wildlife conservation, working animals and animals as food. It addresses the idea of animal exploitation raised by the animal rights movements, as ... Read more
What are our attitudes towards other animals, and how does this affect our humanity? This work of anthrozoology explores the myriad and evolving ways in which humans and animals interact, the divergent cultural constructions of humanity and animality found around the world, and individual experiences of other animals. This book looks at case studies covering blood sports (such as hunting, fishing and bull fighting), pet keeping and `petishism', eco-tourism and wildlife conservation, working animals and animals as food. It addresses the idea of animal exploitation raised by the animal rights movements, as ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Anthropology, Culture and Society
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745331195
SKU
V9780745331195
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About Samantha Hurn
Samantha Hurn is Lecturer in Anthropology, and launched an award winning MA in Anthrozoology at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. She has recently been appointed to the Department of Philosophy and Sociology at the University of Exeter and is now establishing an MA in Anthrozoology there. She has conducted ethnographic fieldwork in Wales, Andalusia, South Africa and Swaziland. ... Read more
Reviews for Humans and Other Animals: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Human-Animal Interactions
'A refreshingly novel text for beginning students, as well as stimulating a wider interest in an intelligent discussion of human-animals relations'
Roy Ellen, Professor of Anthropology and Human Ecology, University of Kent Canterbury
Roy Ellen, Professor of Anthropology and Human Ecology, University of Kent Canterbury