Humans and Other Animals: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Human-Animal Interactions (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780745331201)

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 well as the anthropological implications of changing attitudes towards animal personhood, and the rise of a posthumanist philosophy in the social sciences more generally.

Author: Samantha Hurn
ISBN-10: 0745331203
ISBN-13: 9780745331201
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Language: English
Published: 04/20/2012
Pages: 264
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.60w x 0.90d