Just a dog :
Arluke, Arnold.
Just a dog : understanding animal cruelty and ourselves / Arnold Arluke. - Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2006. - 1 online resource (viii, 221 pages). - Animals, culture, and society. . - Animals, culture, and society. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-215) and index.
Agents: feigning authority -- Adolescents: appropriating adulthood -- Hoarders: shoring up self -- Shelter workers: finding authenticity -- Marketers: Celebrating community -- Cruelty is good to think.
Psychiatrists define cruelty to animals as a psychological problem or personality disorder. Legally, animal cruelty is described by a list of behaviors. In Just a Dog, Arnold Arluke argues that our current constructs of animal cruelty are decontextualized--imposed without regard to the experience of the groups committing the act. Yet those who engage in animal cruelty have their own understandings of their actions and of themselves as actors. In this fascinating book, Arluke probes those understandings and reveals the surprising complexities of our relationships with animals. Just a Dog draws from interviews with more than 250 people, including humane agents who enforce cruelty laws, college students who tell stories of childhood abuse of animals, hoarders who chronically neglect the welfare of many animals, shelter workers who cope with the ethics of euthanizing animals, and public relations experts who use incidents of animal cruelty for fundraising purposes.
In English.
1592134734 9781592134731
100302 Knowledge Unlatched 22573/ctt1bx1ddp JSTOR 4B0B712F-BE81-42C3-B390-E148DAE51721 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Animal rights.
Animal welfare.
Human-animal relationships--Psychological aspects.
Animal rights.
Animal welfare.
Human-animal relationships--Psychological aspects.
NATURE--Animal Rights.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
Computer network resources.
Electronic books.
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HV4708 / .A756 2006
Just a dog : understanding animal cruelty and ourselves / Arnold Arluke. - Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2006. - 1 online resource (viii, 221 pages). - Animals, culture, and society. . - Animals, culture, and society. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-215) and index.
Agents: feigning authority -- Adolescents: appropriating adulthood -- Hoarders: shoring up self -- Shelter workers: finding authenticity -- Marketers: Celebrating community -- Cruelty is good to think.
Psychiatrists define cruelty to animals as a psychological problem or personality disorder. Legally, animal cruelty is described by a list of behaviors. In Just a Dog, Arnold Arluke argues that our current constructs of animal cruelty are decontextualized--imposed without regard to the experience of the groups committing the act. Yet those who engage in animal cruelty have their own understandings of their actions and of themselves as actors. In this fascinating book, Arluke probes those understandings and reveals the surprising complexities of our relationships with animals. Just a Dog draws from interviews with more than 250 people, including humane agents who enforce cruelty laws, college students who tell stories of childhood abuse of animals, hoarders who chronically neglect the welfare of many animals, shelter workers who cope with the ethics of euthanizing animals, and public relations experts who use incidents of animal cruelty for fundraising purposes.
In English.
1592134734 9781592134731
100302 Knowledge Unlatched 22573/ctt1bx1ddp JSTOR 4B0B712F-BE81-42C3-B390-E148DAE51721 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com
Animal rights.
Animal welfare.
Human-animal relationships--Psychological aspects.
Animal rights.
Animal welfare.
Human-animal relationships--Psychological aspects.
NATURE--Animal Rights.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
Computer network resources.
Electronic books.
HV4708 / .A756 2006eb
179/.3
HV4708 / .A756 2006