Pręgowski, Michał Piotr
Companion Animals in Everyday Life
1. Introduction
Michał Piotr Preȩgowski
Part I. Conceptualizing Our Relationships with Animals
2. Companion Animals and Nuisance Species: Adventures in the Exotic, the Wild, the Illegal, and Cross-Cultural Comfort Zones
Sara Waller
3. Anthrozoology in the Netherlands: Connecting Science and Practice
Jannes Eshuis, Marie-José Enders-Slegers, Theo Verheggen
4. Bringing the Beast Back In: The Rehabilitation of Pet Keeping in Soviet Russia
Amy Nelson
Part II. Taking the Plunge: Adopting a Companion Animal, Traditional and Otherwise
5. Perceptions of Personality: How What We See Influences Our Perceptions About and Behavior Toward Companion Animals
Miranda K. Workman
6. “A Cat-Sized Hole in My Heart”: Public Perceptions of Companion Animal Adoption in the USA
Jennifer Sinski
7. Rabbits Multiplying Like Rabbits: The Rise in the Worldwide Popularity of Rabbits as Pets
Margo DeMello
Part III. To Eat or to Love?
8. An Appetite for Dogs: Consuming and Loving Them in Vietnam
Anthony L. Podberscek
9. Human–Canine Relationships in China
Scott Hurley
10. Attitudes to Dogs in Taiwan: A Case Study
James A. Serpell, Yuying Hsu
Part IV. Companion Animals as Political Fallout
11. Semi-Stray Dogs and Graduated Humanness: The Political Encounters of Dogs and Humans in Mexico
Iván Sandoval-Cervantes
12. Polarized Opinions and Shared Goals: Feral Cat Management in an Academic Community in Kentucky
Rosanne Lorden
13. Strong Bonds: Companion Animals in Post-Tsunami Japan
Ross Mouer, Hazuki Kajiwara
Part V. The Difference Language Makes
14. “I Am a Dog”: Orhan Pamuk and the Mongrelization of Fiction
Jeanne Dubino
15. Human Names as Companion Animal Names in Poland
Michał Piotr Preȩgowski
16. Awareness Can Change a Society: The Link Between Animal Abuse and Domestic Violence in the Netherlands
Marie-José Enders-Slegers, Theo Verheggen, Jannes Eshuis
Part VI. Companion Animals and Leisure
17. Chats, Cats and a Cup of Tea: A Sociological Analysis of the Neko Café Phenomenon in Japan
Noriko Niijima
18. Canine Disc: America’s Best Export Product to Poland
Justyna Włodarczyk
Avainsanat: Social Sciences, Anthropology
- Toimittaja
- Pręgowski, Michał Piotr
- Julkaisija
- Springer
- Julkaisuvuosi
- 2016
- Kieli
- en
- Painos
- 1
- Sivumäärä
- 27 sivua
- Kategoria
- Yhteiskunta
- Tiedostomuoto
- E-kirja
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9781137595720
- Painetun ISBN
- 978-1-137-59571-3