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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815573503321

Autore

Franklin Adrian

Titolo

Animals and modern cultures [[electronic resource] ] : a sociology of human-animal relations in modernity / / Adrian Franklin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 1999

ISBN

1-4462-2296-9

1-4462-6454-8

0-7619-5622-0

1-283-88115-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.) : ill

Disciplina

304.27

Soggetti

Human-animal relationships

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Chapter 2 - 'Good to Think with'; Chapter 3 - From Modernity to Postmodernity; Chapter 4 - The Zoological Gaze; Chapter 5 - Pets and Modern Culture; Chapter 6 - Naturalizing Sports; Chapter 7 - Animals and the Agricultural Industry; Chapter 8 - Animal Foodways; Chapter 9 - Animal Rites; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Animals and Modern Cultures is an investigation into the dramatic transformation of relationships between humans and animals in the 20th century. Franklin argues that this can only make sense by relating it to key aspects of social change.