03741nam 2200685 a 450 991077905740332120230120080405.01-60917-234-5(CKB)2550000000088113(EBL)1810052(SSID)ssj0000822774(PQKBManifestationID)11432539(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000822774(PQKBWorkID)10760022(PQKB)10813946(SSID)ssj0000652343(PQKBManifestationID)12229436(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000652343(PQKBWorkID)10636952(PQKB)11346921(OCoLC)778436389(MdBmJHUP)muse18387(Au-PeEL)EBL3338226(CaPaEBR)ebr10527158(OCoLC)883160105(Au-PeEL)EBL1810052(MiAaPQ)EBC3338226(MiAaPQ)EBC1810052(EXLCZ)99255000000008811320110428d2011 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMaking animal meaning[electronic resource] /edited by Linda Kalof and Georgina M. MontgomeryEast Lansing Michigan State University Pressc20111 online resource (213 p.)The animal turnDescription based upon print version of record.1-61186-016-4 1-61186-056-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Animal writes : historiography, disciplinarity, and the animal trace / Etienne Benson -- Mobility and the making of animal meaning : the kinetics of "vermin" and "wildlife" in southern Africa / Clapperton Chakanetsa Mavhunga -- Cannibalism, consumption, and kinship in animal studies / Analía Villagra -- The Renaissance transformation of animal meaning : from Petrarch to Montaigne / Benjamin Arbel -- On the trail of the devil cat : hunting for the jaguar in the United States and Mexico / Sharon Wilcox Adams -- Animal deaths and the written record of history : the politics of pet obituaries / Jane Desmond -- Golden retrievers are white, pit bulls are black, and chihuahuas are Hispanic : representations of breeds of dog and issues of race in popular culture / Meisha Rosenberg -- Interspecies families, freelance dogs, and personhood : saved lives and being one at an assistance dog agency / Avigdor Edminster -- Animal meaning in T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's book of practical cats / Stacy Rule -- Animals at the end of the world : notes toward a transspecies eschatology / Casey R. Riffel. An elucidating collection of ten original essays, Making Animal Meaning reconceptualizes methods for researching animal histories and rethinks the contingency of the human-animal relationship. The vibrant and diverse field of animal studies is detailed in these interdisciplinary discussions, which include voices from a broad range of scholars and have an extensive chronological and geographical reach. These exciting discourses capture the most compelling theoretical underpinnings of animal significance while exploring meaning-making through the study of specific spaces, species, and human-aniAnimal turn.Human-animal relationshipsAnimalsPsychological aspectsHuman-animal relationships.AnimalsPsychological aspects.304.2Kalof Linda1545426Montgomery Georgina M911239MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779057403321Making animal meaning3809002UNINA