Genealogy of obedience : reading North American dog training literature, 1850s-2000s / by Justyna Wlodarczyk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Włodarczyk, Justyna, author.

Series:

Human-animal studies ; volume 16.

Human-animal studies, 1573-4226 ; volume 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dogs--Training--United States--History--19th century.

Dogs.

Dogs--Training--United States--History--20th century.

Dogs--Training--United States--History--21st century.

Dogs--Training.

History.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 257 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill, [2018]

Summary:

In Genealogy of Obedience Justyna Wlodarczyk provides a long overdue look at the history of companion dog training methods in North America since the mid-nineteenth century, when the market of popular training handbooks emerged. Wlodarczyk argues that changes in the functions and goals of dog training are entangled in bigger cultural discourses; with a particular focus on how animal training has served as a field for playing out anxieties related to race, class and gender in North America. By applying a Foucauldian genealogical perspective, the book shows how changes in training methods correlate with shifts in dominant regimes of power. It traces the rise and fall of obedience as a category for conceptualizing relationships with dogs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004380288

9004380280

OCLC:

1041887167