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1 online resource (viii, 221 pages). |
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Animals, culture, and society. |
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Animals, culture, and society.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-215) and index. |
| Contents |
Agents: feigning authority -- Adolescents: appropriating adulthood -- Hoarders: shoring up self -- Shelter workers: finding authenticity -- Marketers: Celebrating community -- Cruelty is good to think. |
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Print version record. |
| Summary |
Psychiatrists define cruelty to animals as a psychological problem or personality disorder. Legally, animal cruelty is described by a list of behaviors. In Just a Dog, Arnold Arluke argues that our current constructs of animal cruelty are decontextualized--imposed without regard to the experience of the groups committing the act. Yet those who engage in animal cruelty have their own understandings of their actions and of themselves as actors. In this fascinating book, Arluke probes those understandings and reveals the surprising complexities of our relationships with animals. Just a Dog draws from interviews with more than 250 people, including humane agents who enforce cruelty laws, college students who tell stories of childhood abuse of animals, hoarders who chronically neglect the welfare of many animals, shelter workers who cope with the ethics of euthanizing animals, and public relations experts who use incidents of animal cruelty for fundraising purposes. |
| Language |
In English. |
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This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode |
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Open Access EbpS |
| Subject |
Animal welfare.
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Animal rights.
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Human-animal relationships -- Psychological aspects.
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Animaux -- Droits.
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Relations homme-animal -- Aspect psychologique.
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NATURE -- Animal Rights.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Animal rights
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Animal welfare
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Human-animal relationships -- Psychological aspects
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| Genre/Form |
Computer network resources.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Arluke, Arnold. Just a dog. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2006 (DLC) 2005055935 |
| ISBN |
9781592134731 (electronic bk.) |
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1592134734 (electronic bk.) |
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1281093718 |
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9781281093714 |
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9786611093716 |
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6611093710 |
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1592134726 |
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1592134718 |
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9781592134717 |
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9781592134724 |
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AU@ 000048751593 |
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AU@ 000053317860 |
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GBVCP 1008653691 |
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GBVCP 896604195 |
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