Paul Waldau

Animal Studies

An Introduction

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Animal studies is a growing interdisciplinary field which seeks to understand how humans study and conceive of other-than-human animals, and how these conceptions have changed over time, across cultures, and among various scholarly modes of inquiry. Until now, this growing field has lacked a comprehensive introductory text appropriate for new scholars. Animal Studies: An Introduction fills this deficiency, providing the first holistic survey of the field.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 177mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 623g
• ISBN-13: 9780199827039
• ISBN-10: 0199827036
• Artikelnr.: 36720164

Autorenporträt

Paul Waldau is Associate Professor of Anthrozoology and Animal Behavior, Ecology and Conservation at Canisius College.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* Chapter 1. Opening Doors: Four General Issues, Four Basic Tasks
* Chapter 2. Through Open Doors: The Challenges of History, Culture and
Education
* Chapter 3. Science, Politics and Other Animals
* Chapter 4. Early Twenty-First Century Animal Studies: Three Cutting
Edges
* Chapter 5. Animals in the Creative Arts
* Chapter 6. Animals in Philosophy
* Chapter 7. Comparative Studies: Legal Systems, Religions and Cultures
* Chapter 8. Animals and Modern Social Realities
* Chapter 9. The Special Roles of Anthropology, Archeology and
Geography
* Chapter 10. Telling the Larger Story
* Chapter 11. Marginalized Humans and Other Animals
* Chapter 12. The Question of Leadership: Getting Beyond Pioneers and
Leaders to Individual Choices
* Chapter 13. The Future of Animal Studies
* Conclusion