Dog's Best Friend?
Rethinking Canid-Human Relations
1st Edition
Published on 14. November 2019
397 pages
978-0-2280-0048-8 (ISBN)
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An examination of different historical and cultural attitudes towards dogs and other canids.
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Persons
Sorenson John:
John Sorenson is professor in the Department of Sociology at Brock University.Matsuoka Atsuko:
Atsuko Matsuoka is professor in the School of Social Work at York University.John Sorenson is professor in the Department of Sociology at Brock University. Atsuko Matsuoka is professor in the School of Social Work at York University.
John Sorenson is professor in the Department of Sociology at Brock University.Matsuoka Atsuko:
Atsuko Matsuoka is professor in the School of Social Work at York University.John Sorenson is professor in the Department of Sociology at Brock University. Atsuko Matsuoka is professor in the School of Social Work at York University.
Content
- Cover
- Dog's Best Friend?
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Rethinking Canid-Human Relations
- Section One: Historical Canid-Human Relations
- 1 Dogs and Humans in Ancient Greece and Rome: Towards a Definition of Extended Appropriate Interaction
- 2 Well-Bred Is Well-Behaved: The Creation and Meaning of Dog Breeds
- 3 Significant Others: Fox Gods and Dog Generals in Pre-Modern Japan
- Section Two: Dogs in Space
- 4 Dogs, Dirt, and Public Space
- 5 Post-Human Families? Dog-Human Relations in the Domestic Sphere
- 6 Connected and Interconnected: Bali People and Bali Dogs
- 7 Street Dogs, Rights, and the Pursuit of Justice in India's Dogopolis
- 8 Gone Stray: A Journey of Gou Mama and Their Fur-Kids
- 9 Caring for Istanbul's Street Animals: Empathy, Altruism, and Rage
- Section Three: Exploitation
- 10 Eating Dogs
- 11 The Beagle Freedom Project: Activism, Advocacy, and Awareness
- Section Four: Wild Canids
- 12 Becoming "Us"
- 13 Time to Rethink the Wolf: Reflections on Captivity
- 14 Of Bounty and Beastly Tales: Wolves and the Canadian Imagination
- Conclusion: Canid-Human Relations, Speciesism, and Overlooked Interlocking Systems of Oppression
- Contributors
- Index
