This antholgy, from the literature of sociology and other disciplines as well, examines the various roles that animals play in human societies, and the interactions between people and animals.
UNIT ONE:
ANIMAL, SELF, AND SOCIETY
PART 1 THINKING WITH ANIMALS
1. “The How and Why of Thinking with Animals,” Lorraine Daston and Gregg Mitman
2. “Dirty Birds, Filthy Immigrants, and the English Sparrow War: metaphorical Linkage in Construction Social Problems,” Gary Alan Fine and Lazaros Christoflorides
3. “Race, Place, and the Human-Animal Divide,” Glen Elder et al
4. “Cultured Killers: Creating and Representing Foxhounds,” Gary Marvin
PART 2 CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS
5. “Actions Speak Louder than Words: Close Relationships Between Humans and Nonhuman Animals,” Clinton R. Sanders,
6. “My Dog’s Just Like Me: Dog Ownership as a Gender Display,” Michael Ramirez
7. “She Was Family: Women of Color and Animal-Human Connections,” Christina Risley-Curtiss, Lynn Holley, Tracy Cruickschank, Jull Porcelli, Clare Rhoads, Denise N.A. Bacchus, Soma Nyakoe, and Sharon Murphy
PART 3 THE DARKSIDE
8. “The Causes of Animal Abuse: A Social Psychological Analysis” Robert Agnew
9. “Battered Women and Their Animal Companions: Symbolic Interaction Between Human and Nonhuman Animals,” Clifton Flynn
10. “The Relationship of Animal Abuse and Interpersonal Violence,” Arnold Arluke, Jack Levin, Carter Luke, and Frank Ascione
PART 4 WILD(LIFE) ENCOUNTERS
11. “Paradise Lost: The Transformation of Wildlife Law in the Vanishing Wilderness,” Robert Granfield and Paul Colomy
12. “Swimming with Dolphins: A Phenomenological Exploration of Tourist Recollections, Susanna Curtin
13. “Zoopolis,” Jennifer Wolch, in Animal Geographies, edited by J. Wolch and J. Emel
UNIT TWO:
ANIMALS IN INSTITUTIONS
PART 5 SCIENCE
14. “Savages, Drunks and Lab Animals: The Researcher’s Perception of Pain,” Mary Phillips
15. “Human Morality and Animal Research: Confessions and Quandaries,” Harold Herzog
16. “Cloning Mutts, Saving Tigers: Ethical Emergents in Technocultural Dog Worlds,” Donna Haraway
PART 6 AGRICULTURE
17. “Consuming the Surplus: Expanding Meat Consumption and Animal Oppression,” Bill Winders and David Nibert
18. “The Feminist Traffic in Animals,” Carol J. Adams
19. “Once You Know Something, You Can’t Not Know It: Going Vegan,” Barbara McDonald
PART 7 ENTERTAINMENT AND EDUCATION
20. “Reservoir Dogs: Greyhound Racing, Mimesis and Sports-Related Violence,” Michael Atkinson and Kevin Young
21. “The Wild Animal in Late Modernity: The Case of Disneyization of Zoos,” Alan Beardsworth and Alan Bryman
22. “‘Hey, They’re Just Like Us!’ Representation of the Animal World in the Discovery Channel’s Nature Programming,” David Pierson
PART 8 HEALTH AND WELFARE
23. “Veterinary Dilemmas,” Joanna Swabe
24. “The Problem of Unwanted Pets: A Case Study in How Institutions ‘Think,’” Leslie Irvine
25. "Hope and Conflict in the Animal Sheltering Community," Arnold Arluke
UNIT THREE:
THE CHANGING STATUS AND PERCEPTION OF ANIMALS
PART 9 HEALING
26. “Domestic Dogs and Human Health: An Overview,” Deborah Wells
27. “How Prison-Based Animals Programs Help Inmates,” Gennifer Furst
28. “Dogs and Their People: Pet-Facilitated Interaction in a Public Setting,” Douglas Robbins, Clinton Sanders, Spencer Cahill
PART 10 SELFHOOD
29. “A Language of Their Own: An Interactionist Approach to Human-Horse Communications,” Keri Brandt
30. “Not By Bread Alone: Symbolic Loss, Trauma, and Recovery in Elephant Communities,” Isabel Bradshaw
31. “A Model of Animal Selfhood: Expanding Interacitonist Possibilities,” Leslie Irvine
PART 11 RIGHTS
32. “Interactional Progress and Repress on Animal Rights,” Bonnie Berry
33. “Practices, Opportunity, and Protest Effectiveness: Illustrations from Four Animal Rights Campaigns,” R. Einwohner
34. “Every Sparrow That Falls: Understanding Animal Rights Activism as Functional Religion,” Wesley Jamison, Caspar Wenk and James Parker
35. “Two Movements and Human-Animal Continuity: Positions, Assumptions, Contradictions,” Barbara Noske