The dramatic transformation of relationships between humans and animals in the 20th century are investigated in this fascinating and accessible book. At the beginning of this century these relationships were dominated by human needs and interests, modernization was a project which was attached to the goal of progress and animals were merely resources to be used on the path towards human fulfilment. These relationships are increasingly being subjected to criticism and a new field of interest in human-animal relationships has opened up. We are now urged to be more sensitive and compassionate to animal needs and interests, to understand their mindedness and how their lives and ours are entangled.
This book focuses on social change and animals, it is concerned with how humans relate to animals and how this has changed and why. Moreover, it highlights, through chapters on companion animals, hunting and fishing, animal leisures such as birdwatching and wildlife parks, and the meat and livestock industries, how attitudes and practices towards animals vary widely according to social class, ethnicity, gender, region and nation.
Cuprins
Introduction
`Good To Think with′: Theories of Human-Animal Relations in Modernity
From Modernity to Postmodernity
The Zoological Gaze
Pets and Modern Cultures
Naturalizing Sports
Hunting and Angling in Modernity
Animals and the Agricultural Industry
From Farming to Animal Protein Production
Animal Foodways
Animal Rites
Despre autor
Adrian is a prolific researcher, writer and presenter, and is currently editor of SAGE′s HSS journal Tourist Studies. He has written numerous articles for a range of journals, from Journal of Sociology and Body and Society to International Review for the Sociology of Sport and Environment and Planning D. He has written three previous book for SAGE: Tourism: An Introduction (2003), Nature and Social Theory (2002) and Animals and Modern Culture (1999).
He also presents a television show called The Collectors (ABC, Australia).
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