Domestic Animals and Leisure

1. Defining Domesticated Animals and Exploring Their Uses by and Relationships with Humans within the Leisure Experience

1. Defining Domesticated Animals and Exploring Their Uses by and Relationships with Humans within the Leisure Experience
Neil Carr

Part I. Dogs

2. In Search of ‘Dog’: Fictional Media Constructions of Dogs in the Leisure Environment
Neil Carr

3. Dogs and Companion/Performance Sport: Unique Social Worlds, Serious Leisure Enthusiasts, and Solid Human-Canine Partnerships
Wendy Hultsman

4. At the Nexus: Serious Leisure, Civic Engagement, and Animal Welfare and Well-Being
Janette Young

5. ‘It’s [Not] All about the Dogs’: Volunteers and Pet Rescue
Diane M. Samdahl

6. The Greyhound: A Story of Fashion, Finances, and Animal Rights
Neil Carr

7. The Potential of Place Meanings for Negotiating Difference among Birdwatchers and Dog-Walkers at a Multiple-Use Urban Forest
Taryn M. Graham, Troy D. Glover, Bryan S. R. Grimwood

8. Parks, Dogs, and Beaches: Human-Wildlife Conflict and the Politics of Place
Matthew Bowes, Peter Keller, Rick Rollins, Robert Gifford

Part II. Horses

9. Riding Dress History, with a Twist: The Side-Saddle Habit and the Horse during the Early Twentieth Century
Alison L. Goodrum

10. That’s Entertainment? Thoroughbreds, Precarious Lives, and the Future of Jumps Racing
Phil McManus

11. Dancing with Horses: The Science and Artistry of Coenesthetic Connection
Stephen Smith

12. Fatalities and Fascinators: A New Perspective on Thoroughbred Racing
Caroline Winter, Ward Young

Part III. The ‘Missing’ Others

13. Speaking of the Underrepresented Other: Looking beyond Dogs and Horses
Neil Carr

14. Conclusions
Neil Carr

Avainsanat: Social Sciences, Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Sociology, general, Geography, general, Social Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Popular Science in Sports