Animals and sociology / Kay Peggs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peggs, Kay, 1957-

Series:

Palgrave Macmillan animal ethics series

The Palgrave Macmillan animal ethics series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animals--Social aspects.

Animals.

Sociology--Philosophy.

Sociology.

Human-animal relationships.

Animal welfare.

Physical Description:

viii, 177 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Summary:

In using sociological perspectives to examine other animals in society, Animals and Sociology challenges traditional assumptions about the very nature of sociology, which often centres on humans. Other animals, however, are everywhere in society. Humans eat the flesh of other animals and wear their skins and hair as clothing. Other animals live with humans in their homes and work for humans in myriad ways. Human entertainment is often serviced by the capture and performances of other animals and human speech often invokes other animal metaphors. Key Peggs investigates these relationships with other animals, and many more, using sociological theories and perspectives. In doing so, she explores the significant contribution that sociology can make to our understanding of human relations with other animals and the important contribution that the study of other animals in society can make to sociology. In conclusion, she considers the role of sociology for other animals. Book jacket.

Contents:

Sociology and Animals : Beginnings

Animals and Biology as Destiny

Animals, Social Inequalities and Oppression

Animals, Crime and Abuse

Town and Country : Animals, Space and Place

Consumption of the Animal

Animals, Leisure and Culture

Animal Experiments and Animal Rights

Conclusion: Sociology for Other Animals.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0230292585

9780230292574

0230292577

9780230292581

OCLC:

766301021

Publisher Number:

99949114502