Companion Animals in Everyday Life - Situating Human-Animal Engagement Within Cultures

Informationen zum Autor Michal Piotr Pregowski is Assistant Professor at the Warsaw University of Technology, Poland. He is a sociologist and a Fulbright alumnus whose research projects include social construction of dogs in the contemporary West, especially their naming and training, as well as social practices of commemorating companion animals. Pregowski's recent books include Pies tez czlowiek? Relacje psów i ludzi we wspólczesnej Polsce (2014), an edited volume on humans and canines in contemporary Poland, as well as Free Market Dogs: The Human-Canine Bond in Post-Communist Poland (2016). Klappentext This book is an interdisciplinary collection shedding light on human-animal relationships and interactions around the world. The book offers a predominantly empirical look at social and cultural practices related to companion animals in Mexico, Poland, the Netherlands, Japan, China and Taiwan, Vietnam, USA, and Turkey among others. It focuses on how dogs, cats, rabbits and members of other species are perceived and treated in various cultures, highlighting commonalities and differences between them. Zusammenfassung This book is an interdisciplinary collection shedding light on human-animal relationships and interactions around the world. The book offers a predominantly empirical look at social and cultural practices related to companion animals in Mexico, Poland, the Netherlands, Japan, China and Taiwan, Vietnam, USA, and Turkey among others. Inhaltsverzeichnis

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• Auteurs: Micha Pregowski, Michal Pregowski, Michal Piotr Pregowski
• Collaboration: Micha Piotr Pregowski (Editeur), Michal Piotr Pregowski (Editeur), Micha¿ Piotr Pr¿gowski (Editeur), Micha Pregowski (Editeur), Michal Pregowski (Editeur), Michal P. Pregowski (Editeur), Michal Piotr Pregowski (Editeur), Michał Piotr Pręgowski (Editeur)
• Edition: Palgrave UK
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 15.09.2016
• EAN: 9781137595713
• ISBN: 978-1-137-59571-3
• Pages: 340
• Thème: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie > Autres; B, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Human-animal relationships, social construction of companion animals, attitudes towards animals, dogs in society