Theorizing animals : re-thinking humanimal relations / / edited by Nik Taylor, Tania Signal.

• Superior document: Human-animal studies, v. 11
• TeilnehmendeR: Taylor, Nik.; Signal, Tania.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Human-animal studies ; v. 11.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (314 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction: Thinking About Animals /; 1. Mapping Human Animal Relations /; 2. Theorizing ‘Others’ /; 3. The Underdog In History: Serfdom, Slavery And Species In The Creation And Development Of Capitalism /; 4. Dangerous Dogs And The Construction Of Risk /; 5. Ritual, Reason And Animals /; 6. Animal Performers /; 7. The Gaze Of Animals /; 8. Can Sociology Contribute To The Emancipation Of Animals? /; 9. Theorising Rider-Horse Relations: An Ethnographic Illustration Of The Centaur Metaphor In The Spanish Bullfight /; 10. Ciliated Sense /; Concluding Remarks: From Theory To Action: An Ethologist’s Perspective /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1283121174; 9786613121172; 9004203605
• ISSN: 1573-4226
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Nik Taylor, Tania Signal.

Utilising ideas from post-modernism and post-humanism this book challenges current ways of thinking about animals and their relationships with humans. Including contributions from across the social sciences the book encourages readers to reflect upon taken for granted ways of conceptualising human relaitonships with animals. It will be of interest to those in the broad field of human-animal studies as well as those within most social science and humanities disciplines including sociology, anthropology, philosophy and social theory.