Genealogy of Obedience, : Reading North American Pet Dog Training Literature, 1850's-2000's.
In Genealogy of Obedience Justyna Włodarczyk provides a long overdue look at the history of companion dog training methods in North America since the mid-nineteenth century, when the market of popular training handbooks emerged. Włodarczyk argues that changes in the functions and goals of dog traini...
Saved in:
Superior document: | Human-animal studies ; Volume 20 |
---|---|
: | |
Place / Publishing House: | Leiden,, Boston: : Brill,, 2018. |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Human-Animal Studies
20. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (258 pages). |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Other title: | Introduction: Canine-Human Intensifications, Periodizing Dog Training in the US Since the 1850's / The Gentle Way in Punishment: Transcending Animality/Performing Animality in Early US Pet Dog Training Manuals, 1850–1900 / Hunting Dog Manuals: The Pointer as a Work of Art in the Age of Biopolitical Reproduction, 1845–1909 / Culture of Instinct: Emergence of the Disciplinary Regime, 1910–1946 / The Rise and Fall of Obedience: From Helen Whitehouse Walker to the Dawn of Positive Training, 1933–1984 / Power without Coercion: From Governmentality to Self-Governmentality, from Discipline to Self-Control, 1984–2000's / Countermodernity: Resistance to the Positive Training Revolution, 1980's–2000's / Be More Dog: Towards an Affirmative Biopolitics / Conclusion: The Death of Obedience / |
---|---|
Summary: | In Genealogy of Obedience Justyna Włodarczyk provides a long overdue look at the history of companion dog training methods in North America since the mid-nineteenth century, when the market of popular training handbooks emerged. Włodarczyk argues that changes in the functions and goals of dog training are entangled in bigger cultural discourses; with a particular focus on how animal training has served as a field for playing out anxieties related to race, class and gender in North America. By applying a Foucauldian genealogical perspective, the book shows how changes in training methods correlate with shifts in dominant regimes of power. It traces the rise and fall of obedience as a category for conceptualizing relationships with dogs. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9004380299 |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |