Multispecies Triad of Cattle Ranching - A Horseback Ethnography

This book explores the multispecies triad of cattle ranching, focusing on how humans, horses and cattle meet, interact and shape a common multispecies culture.

List of contents

1. Taking an idea for a walk 2. Learning to relate in multispecies ranch triads 3. "The makings of a hand" 4. The politics of space and the power of 'energy bubbles' 5. Winter dyads, winter feeding an intercontinental perspectives 6. Calving, Covid and Quarantining with Cattle 7. Danger, discomfort and pain as sensory data 8. Branding, "dudes" and rodeo: encountering the straight and violent 9. Back to Mountain Summer Range: Final gatherings of cattle and thoughts. References Index

About the author

Andrea Petitt is a affiliated with the Centre for Gender Research at Uppsala University, Sweden and a researcher at the Anthropology Lab at University of Liège, Belgium.

Product details

• Authors: Andrea Petitt
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 09.07.2025
• EAN: 9781032450469
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3245046-9
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Multispecies Anthropology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; Sociology, North America, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Sports & outdoor recreation, Regional Studies, Social and cultural anthropology, Regional / International studies, Animal Ecology, Human Geography, Zoology and animal sciences, Tourism industry, Retail and wholesale industries, Sports and Active outdoor recreation, Research methods: general