Companion animals and us : exploring the relationships between people and pets.
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New York, Melbourne, Madrid :
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press,
2000.
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Obsah:
- Introduction / Podberscek, Anthony L. ; Paul, Elizabeth S. ; Serpell, James A.
- PART I : History and culture
- The social significance of pet-keeping among Amazonian Indians / Erikson, Philippe
- Motivations for pet-keeping in ancient Greece and Rome : a preliminary survey / Bodson, Liliane
- Hunting and attachment to dogs in the pre-modern period / Menache, Sophia
- Children, "insect" and play in Japan / Laurent, Erick L.
- The horse bar mitzvah: a celebratory exploration of the human animal bond / Dresser, Norine
- Creatures of the unconscious : companion animals as mediators / Serpell, James A.
- PART II : The nature of the relationship
- Companion animals and the human health : physical and cardiovascular influences / Friedmann, Erika ; Thomas, Sue A. ; Eddy, Timothy J.
- Personality research on pets and their owners : conceptual issues and review / Podberscek, Anthony L. ; Gosling, Samuel D.
- Love of pets and love of people / Paul, Elizabeth S.
- PART III : Pets, families and interactions
- The influence of current relationships upon pet animal acquisition / Harker, Rachael M. ; Collis, Glyn M. ; McNicholas, June
- Pets in the network of family relationships: an empirical study / Bonas, Sheila ; McNicholas, June ; Collis, Glyn M.
- The meaning of companion animals: qualitative analysis of the life histories of elderly cat and dog owners / Enders-Slegers, Marie-José
- Human-cat interactions: relationships with and breed differences between non-pedigree, Persian and Siamese cats / Turnur, Dennis C.
- PART IV : Welfare and ethics
- Secondary victimization in companion animal abuse : the owner's perspective / Arluke, Arnold
- Veterinary dilemmas : ambiguity and ambivalence in human-animal interaction / Swabe, Joanna
- Rethinking bestiality : towards a concept of interspecies sexual assault / Beirne, Piers.