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Engaging with animals : interpretations of a shared existence / edited by Georgette Leah Burns and Mandy Paterson.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Animal publics (Series)
- Animal Publics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Animals and civilization.
- Human-animal relationships.
- Human-animal communication.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (263 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Sydney, Australia : Sydney University Press, 2014.
- Summary:
- Experts in the field of human-animal studies investigate the ways in which humans and other animals interact. While offering different interpretations of the human-non-human interactions, they share a common goal in attempting to find pathways leading to a mutually beneficial and shared co-existence.
- Contents:
- Anthropomorphism and animals in the anthropocene / Georgette Leah Burns
- Ethical issues within human-alloprimate interactive zones / Nicholas Malone and Ally Palmer
- Of rats, good science and openings to relatedness / Simone Dennis
- Blurred boundaries: humans, animals and sex / Sandra Burr
- Encounters with Antarctic animals in ABC's catalyst / Sophie Fern, Kate Nash and Elizabeth Leane
- The donkey and Mr Simpson: remembering the donkey in the Anzac legend / Jill Bough
- Howling, hauntring and the symbolic dingo / Amanda Stuart
- Animal approximations: depicting cryptic species / Anne Taylor
- Linguistic anthropomorphism: Timbuktu, the whistler and the white bone / Sally Borrell
- TNR (trap-neuter-return): is it a solution for the management of feral cats in Australia? / Mandy Paterson
- Animal farming in Australia: consumer awareness, concern and action / Sally Healy
- A utilitarian argument against animal exploitation / Clare McCausland
- Emotions in animals / Nicky McGrath and Clive Philips.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed March 22, 2018).
- ISBN:
- 1-74332-030-2
- 1-74332-489-8
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