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Experiencing Animal Minds: An Anthology of Animal-Human Encounters
Julie (Ed) Smith
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Description for Experiencing Animal Minds: An Anthology of Animal-Human Encounters
Paperback. Editor(s): Smith, Julie A.; Mitchell, Robert W. Series: Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science and Law. Num Pages: 400 pages, 29 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PSV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 534. An Anthology of Animal-Human Encounters. Series: Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science and Law. 400 pages, 29 black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Smith, Julie A.; Mitchell, Robert W. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: PSV. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight: 526.
In these multidisciplinary essays, academic scholars and animal experts explore the nature of animal minds and the methods humans conventionally and unconventionally use to understand them. The collection features chapters by scholars working in psychology, sociology, history, philosophy, literary studies, and art, as well as chapters by and about people who live and work with animals, including the founder of a sanctuary for chickens, a fur trapper, a popular canine psychologist, a horse trainer, and an art photographer who captures everyday contact between humans and their animal companions. Divided into five sections, the collection first considers the ways that ... Read more
In these multidisciplinary essays, academic scholars and animal experts explore the nature of animal minds and the methods humans conventionally and unconventionally use to understand them. The collection features chapters by scholars working in psychology, sociology, history, philosophy, literary studies, and art, as well as chapters by and about people who live and work with animals, including the founder of a sanctuary for chickens, a fur trapper, a popular canine psychologist, a horse trainer, and an art photographer who captures everyday contact between humans and their animal companions. Divided into five sections, the collection first considers the ways that ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Critical Perspectives on Animals: Theory, Culture, Science and Law
Condition
New
Weight
534g
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231161510
SKU
V9780231161510
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About Julie (Ed) Smith
Julie A. Smith is associate professor emeritus of the Department of Languages and Literatures at the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater. Her published articles concern early English book illustrations, representations of animals' minds in literary works, and human understandings of rabbits' minds. She is active in animal rescue and animal rights and regularly writes for the House Rabbit Journal. Robert ... Read more
Reviews for Experiencing Animal Minds: An Anthology of Animal-Human Encounters
[The book] draws from a remarkable variety of perspectives - biologists, animal activists, artists, literary scholars, veterinarians, philosophers, and more, and still feels surprisingly cohesive.
Margo DeMello
Margo DeMello