Cat People Human Cat Interrelatedness In The Cat Fancy

Author : Emily Stone
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 100075605X
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cat People: Human–Cat Interrelatedness in the Cat Fancy written by Emily Stone and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-07-31 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the social world of the cat fancy, or the leisure activity of breeding and exhibiting pedigree cats. Based on multispecies ethnographic fieldwork and interviews in the United Kingdom, it explores the process and performance of exhibiting cats at shows, the breeding practices and discourses integral to the creation of pedigree breeds, and the relations that these practices generate between human guardians, the pedigree cat population, and non-pedigree cats. Through observation with cat fanciers and their interactions with their cats, the author investigates the social dynamics and relationships that form within the fancy, considering the interconnections between biopower and eugenics in pedigree breeding, the practices of pet keeping and the complexities of more-than-human care, and the implications of involvement for the cats themselves. As such, Cat People: Human–Cat Interrelatedness in the Cat Fancy will appeal to scholars from across the social sciences and humanities interested in human–animal interactions, multispecies leisure, anthrozoology, and more-than-human care.

Author : Emily Stone (Anthrozoology)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781032049731
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cat People written by Emily Stone (Anthrozoology) and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book examines the social world of the cat fancy, or the leisure activity of breeding and exhibiting pedigree cats. Based on multispecies ethnographic fieldwork and interviews in the United Kingdom, it explores the process and performance of exhibiting cats at shows, the breeding practices and discourses integral to the creation of pedigree breeds, and the relations that these practices generate between human guardians, the pedigree cat population and non-pedigree cats. Through observation with cat fanciers and their interactions with their cats, the author investigates the social dynamics and relationships that form within the fancy, considering the interconnections between biopower and eugenics in pedigree breeding, the practices of pet keeping and the complexities of more-than-human care, and the implications of involvement for the cats themselves. As such, Cat People: Human-Cat Interrelatedness in the Cat Fancy will appeal to scholars from across the social sciences and humanities interested in human-animal interactions, multispecies leisure, anthrozoology and more-than-human care"--

Author : Aubrey H. Fine
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000919757
Total Pages : 1049 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Routledge International Handbook of Human-Animal Interactions and Anthrozoology written by Aubrey H. Fine and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-09-26 with total page 1049 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This diverse, global, and interdisciplinary volume explores the existing research, practice, and ethical issues pertinent to the field of human-animal interactions (HAIs), interventions, and anthrozoology, focusing on the perceived physical and mental health benefits to humans and the challenges derived from these relationships. The book begins by exploring the basic theoretical principles of anthrozoology and HAI, such as the evolution and history of the field, the importance of language, the economic costs and current perspectives to physical and mental wellbeing, the origins of domestication of animals, anthropomorphism, and how animals fit into human societies. Chapters then move onto practice, covering topics such as how animals help childhood and adulthood development, pet ownership, disability, the roles of pets for people with psychiatric disorders, the links between animal and domestic abuse, and then more widely into the therapeutic roles of animals, animal-assisted therapies, interactions outside the home, working animals, animals in popular culture, and animals in research, for leisure, and food. Including chapters on a wide range of animals, from domesticated pets to wildlife, this collection examines the benefits yet also reveals the complexity, and often dark side, of human-animal relations. Interweaving accessible commentaries with revealing chapters throughout the text, this collection would be of great interest to students and practitioners in the fields of mental health, psychology, veterinary medicine, zoology, biology, social work, history, and sociology.

Author : Arne Johan Vetlesen
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000736040
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Animal Lives and Why They Matter written by Arne Johan Vetlesen and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-10-25 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book engages with the changing ways in which we, as a society and culture, look upon and interact with animals, stressing how much animals differ among themselves. An invitation to appreciate the peculiar role of animals in telling important if uncomfortable truths about who we are and where we are heading – namely, towards a world so much poorer in cultural, moral, and biological diversity – as a result of the ongoing decimation of so many other species. Drawing on a variety of thought ranging from that of Midgley, Plumwood, and Murdoch to Levinas, Derrida, and Habermas, from ecophilosophers to conservation biologists, Animal Lives and Why They Matter asks how we have come to this, and what an alternative, less destructive approach to our now precarious coexistence with animals might look like. Spanning the disciplines of philosophy, psychology, and anthropology, this enquiry into various cross-species relationships and encounters will appeal to scholars and students across the humanities and social sciences with interests in philosophy, ethics, human-animal interaction, and environmental thought.

Author : Otto Latva
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000910482
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Giant Squid in Transatlantic Culture written by Otto Latva and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-09-30 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book builds upon the extensive study of the historical relationship between sea animals and humans in transatlantic culture during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It exposes the present understanding of the human relationship with the giant squid not only as too simplistic but also as historically inaccurate. For instance, it redefines the earlier understanding that humans and especially seafarers have understood giant squid as horror-evoking and ugly creatures since the dawn of history and explains the origins of mythical sea monsters such as the Kraken. The book is, however, more than a critical response to previous work. It will point out that animals such as cephalopods, which have largely been defined in biological contexts in recent times, have a fascinating and multivariate past, entangled with the history of humans in many remarkable ways. Hence, this book is not just about perceptions of giant-sized squid or cephalopods, but a historical inquiry into the transatlantic culture from the late eighteenth century to the turn of the twentieth century. It will provide new knowledge about the history of mollusc studies, seafaring culture and more broadly of the relationship between humans and animals during the period.

Author : Katharine M. Rogers
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 9781861892928
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cat written by Katharine M. Rogers and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2006-12-27 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An entertaining look at the cat, one of the most popular pets in the world.

Author : Laura Madeline Wiseman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780996645010
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book People Love Cats written by Laura Madeline Wiseman and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People Like Cats is a collaborative book with art by Chuka Susan Chesney and poetry by Laura Madeline Wiseman published by Red Dashboard. Featuring Chesney's lush and varied art and Wiseman's prose poetry, it features all things of cat fancy as it mediates on the human itch for feline companionship.

Author : Joan Palmer
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 9780706362978
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book All about Cats written by Joan Palmer and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 1986 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Roger K. Tabor
Publisher : Reader's Digest Association
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Cats written by Roger K. Tabor and published by Reader's Digest Association. This book was released on 1997 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the world's leading cat authorities presents a full-scale, fascinating portrait of felines, from their origins in the wild to their accommodations to domestic life, and offers invaluable insights into their behavior. Over 150 beautiful, full-color photos capture the alluring mystery and irresistible appeal of all kinds of cats.

Author : David Hackett Fischer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780199743698
Total Pages : 972 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Albion's Seed written by David Hackett Fischer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1991-03-14 with total page 972 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating book is the first volume in a projected cultural history of the United States, from the earliest English settlements to our own time. It is a history of American folkways as they have changed through time, and it argues a thesis about the importance for the United States of having been British in its cultural origins. While most people in the United States today have no British ancestors, they have assimilated regional cultures which were created by British colonists, even while preserving ethnic identities at the same time. In this sense, nearly all Americans are "Albion's Seed," no matter what their ethnicity may be. The concluding section of this remarkable book explores the ways that regional cultures have continued to dominate national politics from 1789 to 1988, and still help to shape attitudes toward education, government, gender, and violence, on which differences between American regions are greater than between European nations.