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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824654403321

Titolo

Animals in human society : amazing creatures who share our planet / / edited by Daniel Moorehead

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : University Press of America, Inc., , 2016

©2016

ISBN

9780761866770

0-7618-6677-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Disciplina

304.27

Soggetti

Human-animal relationships

Animal rights

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 at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Ideology, Subjectivity, and Mind in Animal Models and Human Infant Research; 2 Institutionalizing Animal "Subject" Protection in Research; 3 Considering the Emotional Support Animal; 4 Human Supremacy, Post-Speciesist Ideology, and the Case for Anti-Colonialist Veganism; 5 Anthropocentrism and the Issues Facing Nonhuman Animals; 6 Sea Otter Aesthetics in Popular Culture; 7 Media Representations of Animals in Urban Canada; 8 Rationalizing Natural Horsemanship; 9 "Something to See Here"; 10 Animals and the Law; Appendix; About the Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Including the work of 12 authors, this collection of essays explores the broad range of animals that share our planet and attempts to recognize our responsibility as humans to take their interests seriously.