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Title: | Engaging with Animals | ||
| Sub-title: | Interpretations of a Shared Existence | |||
| Edited by: | Georgette Leah Burns, Mandy Paterson | |||
| ISBN10-13: | 1743320299 : 9781743320297 | |||
| Illustrations: | 9 | |||
| Format: | Paperback | |||
| Size: | 210x148mm | |||
| Pages: | 276 | |||
| Weight: | .370 Kg. | |||
| Published: | Sydney University Press - May 2014 | |||
| List Price: | 30.00 Pounds Sterling | |||
| Availability: | In Stock Qty Available: 4 | |||
| Subjects: | Natural history | |||
| Humans and nonhuman animals engage with each other in a multitude of fascinating ways. They have always done so, motivated by both necessity and choice. Yet, as human population numbers increase and our impact on the planet expands, this engagement takes on new meanings and requires new understanding.In Engaging with Animals: Interpretations of a Shared Existence experts in the field of humanâ animal studies investigate, from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, the ways in which humans and other animals interact. Grouped into three broad sections, the chapters focus on themes ranging from attitudes, ethics and interactions to history, art and literature, and finally animal welfare outcomes. While offering different interpretations of humanâ non-human interactions, they share a common goal in attempting to find pathways leading to a mutually beneficial and shared co-existence. | ||||
| Table of Contents: | ||||
| Acknowledgements Introduction Georgette Leah Burns and Mandy Paterson Part 1: attitudes, ethics and interactions 1. Anthropomorphism and animals in the Anthropocene  Georgette Leah Burns 2. Ethical issues within human-alloprimate interactive zones  Nicholas Malone and Ally Palmer 3. Of rats, good science and openings to relatedness  Simone Dennis 4. Blurred boundaries: humans, animals and sex  Sandra Burr 5. Encounters with Antarctic animals in ABC's Catalyst  Sophie Fern, Kate Nash and Elizabeth Leane Part 2: history, art and literature 6. The donkey and Mr Simpson: remembering the donkey in the Anzac legend  Jill Bough 7. Howling, haunting and the symbolic dingo  Amanda Stuart 8. Animal approximations: depicting cryptic species  Anne Taylor 9. Linguistic anthropomorphism: Timbuktu, The Whistler and The White Bone  Sally Borrell Part 3: animal and human welfare 10. TNR (trap-neuter-return): is it a solution for the management of feral cats in Australia?  Mandy Paterson 11. Animal farming in Australia: consumer awareness, concern and action  Sally Healy 12. A utilitarian argument against animal exploitation  Clare McCausland 13. Emotions in animals  Nicky McGrath and Clive Phillips Author biographies Index |
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| Reviews: | ||||
| "˜The book should widen the scope of human 'animal studies collections' and to a large extent, it does ... The Australian focus is evident in all three sections of this book. The focus adds much to the interest and importance this book has for contemporary animal ethics." -- Dawne McCance -- Journal of Animal Ethics | ||||
| 'Engaging with Animals will be eagerly sought by those who have been involved in the grass roots of Animal Studies in Australasia, as well as by international scholars involved in this growing field. The thirteen essays that comprise the book display the fascinating variety of topics that are emanating from Animal Studies conferences and exemplify the value of collections such as this.' -- Carol Freeman -- Animal Studies Journal | ||||
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