Companion Animals in Everyday Life [electronic resource] : Situating Human-Animal Engagement within Cultures /
Pręgowski, Michał Piotr.editor.
This book is an interdisciplinary collection shedding light on human-animal relationships and interactions around the world. The book offers a predominantly empirical look at social and cultural practices related to companion animals in Mexico, Poland, the Netherlands, Japan, China and Taiwan, Vietnam, USA, and Turkey among others. It focuses on how dogs, cats, rabbits and members of other species are perceived and treated in various cultures, highlighting commonalities and differences between them.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
This book is an interdisciplinary collection shedding light on human-animal relationships and interactions around the world. The book offers a predominantly empirical look at social and cultural practices related to companion animals in Mexico, Poland, the Netherlands, Japan, China and Taiwan, Vietnam, USA, and Turkey among others. It focuses on how dogs, cats, rabbits and members of other species are perceived and treated in various cultures, highlighting commonalities and differences between them.
Introduction / Michał Piotr Pręgowski -- pt. I. Conceptualizing our relationships with animals. Companion animals and nuisance species : adventures in the exotic, the wild, the illegal, and cross-cultural comfort zones / Sara Waller ; Anthrozoology in the Netherlands : connecting science and practice / Jannes Eshuis, Marie-José Enders-Slegers, and Theo Verheggen ; Bringing the beast back in : the rehabilitation of pet keeping in Soviet Russia / Amy Nelson -- pt.II. Taking the plunge : adopting a companion animal, traditional and otherwise. Perceptions of personality : how what we see influences our perceptions about and behavior toward companion animals / Miranda K. Workman ; "A cat-sized hole in my heart" : public perceptions of companion animal adoption in the USA / Jennifer Sinski ; Rabbits multiplying like rabbits : the rise in the worldwide popularity of rabbits as pets / Margo DeMello -- pt.III. To eat or to love? An appetite for dogs : consuming and loving them in Vietnam / Anthony L. Podberscek ; Human-canine relationships in China / Scott Hurley ; Attitudes to dogs in Taiwan : a case study / James A. Serpell and Yuying Hsu -- pt.IV. Companion animals as political fallout. Semi-stray dogs and graduated humanness : the political encounters of dogs and humans in Mexico / Iván Sandoval-Cervantes ; Polarized opinions and shared goals : feral cat management in an academic community in Kentucky / Rosanne Lorden ; Strong bonds : companion animals in post-tsunami Japan / Ross Mouer and Hazuki Kajiwara -- pt.V. The difference language makes. "I am a dog" : Orhan Pamuk and the mongrelization of fiction / Jeanne Dubino ; Human names as companion animal names in Poland / Michał Piotr Pręgowski ; Awareness can change a society : the link between animal abuse and domestic violence in the Netherlands / Marie-José Enders-Slegers, Theo Verheggen, and Jannes Eshuis -- pt.VI. Companion animals and leisure. Chats, cats and a cup of tea : a sociological analysis of the neko café phenomenon in Japan / Noriko Niijima ; Canine disc : America's best export product to Poland / Justyna Włodarczyk.
Anthropology.
Anthropology.