Exploring non-human work in tourism : from beasts of burden to animal ambassadors / edited by Carol Kline, Jillian M. Rickly.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rickly, Jillian M., editor.

Kline, Carol, 1966- editor.

Series:

De Gruyter studies in tourism ; Volume 5.

De Gruyter Studies in Tourism ; Volume 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tourism.

Working animals.

Human-animal relationships.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 pages). : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2021]

Summary:

Critical animal studies is increasingly interfacing with tourism research in an effort to shed light on the various ways animals are incorporated into touristic experience. Exploring non-human work in tourism: From beasts of burden to animal ambassadors builds upon the theoretical connections of animal ethics, agency, and welfare as it foregrounds specifically the work that animals perform in the industry. While some types of animal labor are more readily identified, readers of this volume may be surprised by how many forms of animal labor are overlooked. Taking a widely international perspective, with cases from the Arctic, China, Costa Rica, China, Finland, Greece, Mexico, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, this volume offers readers diverse scenarios of animals working. The book is arranged along three themes of work. Performative work focuses on the animals whose performances are front and center of tourists' motivations and experiences. Value-added work turns attention to the co-working relationships of animals, while the political work of animals as ambassadors and icons is examined within the chapters on hidden labor. Additionally, the book makes theoretical considerations of the implications of positioning animals as workers and offers reflections on ways this focus on working animals extends current scholarship in the field.

Contents:

Introduction: Working for the (hu)man in the tourism industry

Part 1: Theoretical considerations

2 Conceptualizing non-human animals as "workers" within the tourism industry

3 Redefining the work of working animals in the tourism industry: An animal-centric reflection

4 Working donkeys in northwestern Mexico: Urban identity and tourism resources

5 Animal dark tourism in Mexico: Bulls performing their own slaughter

6 Farm animals' participation in tourism experiences: A time for proper respect

Part 3: Value-added work

7 Animals as tourism stakeholders: Huskies, reindeer, and horses working in Lapland

8 Distributed leadership in tourism experiences: Russian sled dogs and Icelandic horses leading the way

9 A working holiday: From home to destination with a guide dog

10 The donkeys of Santorini: Workers or slaves?

Part 4: Hidden labor

11 Monkey see, monkey do: The work of primates in Costa Rican sanctuaries

12 The greening of polar bears: Lively commodities in a climate change economy

13 "Cute, but get up and work!": The biophilia hypothesis in tourists' linguistic interactions with pandas

14 Working animal research: An agenda for the future

15 Afterword: On tourism, animals, and suffering - lessons from Aeschylus' Oresteia.

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (De Gruyter, viewed November 25, 2022).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110664058

3110664054

9783110660043

3110660040

OCLC:

1244489574