Animals in Person : Cultural Perspectives on Human-Animal Intimacies (Paperback)

IntroductionJohn Knight1. Care, Order and Usefulness: The Context of the Human-Animal Relationship in a Greek Island CommunityDimitrios Theodossopoulos2. Person, Place or Pig: Animal Attachments and Human Transactions in New Guinea.Peter D. Dwyer and Monica Minnegal 3. Disciplined Affections: The Making of an English Pack of FoxhoundsGarry Marvin 4. On 'Loving Your Water-Buffalo More Than Your Own Mother': Relationships of Animal and Human Care in NepalBen Campbell 5. Loved to Death? Veterinary Visions of Pet-keeping in Modern Dutch SocietyJoanna Swabe 6. From Trap to Lap: The Changing Sociogenic Identity of the RatBirgitta Edelman 7. The Unbearable Likeness of Being: Children, Teddy-bears and The Sooty ShowCandi Forrest, L. Goldman and M. Emmison 8. The Elephant-Mahout Relationship in India and Nepal: A Tourist AttractionLynette A. Hart9. Loving Leviathan: The Discourse of Whale Watching in Australian EcotourismAdrian Peace 10. Enchanting Dolphins: An Analysis of Human-Dolphin EncountersVronique Servais 11. Feeding Mr Monkey: Cross-species Food 'Exchange' in Japanese Monkey ParksJohn Knight12. Anthropomorphism or Egomorphism? The Perception of Non-human Persons by Human OnesKay Milton