Between the Species: Readings in Human-Animal Relationships Book

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