Animals in Person: Cultural Perspectives on Human-Animal Intimacies

ISBN-13: 9781859737330 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 290 str.

John Knight

Opis

Our relationship with animals is complex and contradictory: we hunt, kill, and eat them, yet we also love, respect and protect them. This ambivalent relationship is further complicated by the fact that we attribute human emotions and intelligence to animals. We even go as far as likening them to children and treating them as family members. Drawing on a diverse range of case studies, this book attempts to unravel our intimate and fascinating link with the animal kingdom.

Spis treści

IntroductionJohn Knight1. Care, Order and Usefulness: The Context of the Human-Animal Relationship in a Greek Island CommunityDimitrios Theodossopoulos2. Person, Place or Pig: Animal Attachments and Human Transactions in New Guinea.Peter D. Dwyer and Monica Minnegal 3. Disciplined Affections: The Making of an English Pack of FoxhoundsGarry Marvin 4. On 'Loving Your Water-Buffalo More Than Your Own Mother': Relationships of Animal and Human Care in NepalBen Campbell 5. Loved to Death? Veterinary Visions of Pet-keeping in Modern Dutch SocietyJoanna Swabe 6. From Trap to Lap: The Changing Sociogenic Identity of the RatBirgitta Edelman 7. The Unbearable Likeness of Being: Children, Teddy-bears and The Sooty ShowCandi Forrest, L. Goldman and M. Emmison 8. The Elephant-Mahout Relationship in India and Nepal: A Tourist AttractionLynette A. Hart9. Loving Leviathan: The Discourse of Whale Watching in Australian EcotourismAdrian Peace 10. Enchanting Dolphins: An Analysis of Human-Dolphin EncountersVronique Servais 11. Feeding Mr Monkey: Cross-species Food 'Exchange' in Japanese Monkey ParksJohn Knight12. Anthropomorphism or Egomorphism? The Perception of Non-human Persons by Human OnesKay Milton

O autorze

John Knight is Lecturer, Queen's University of Belfast