Routledge Handbook of Human-Animal Studies

<p>Human-animal studies is an academic field that has grown exponentially over the past decade. It explores the whys hows and whats of human-animal relations: <i>why</i> animals are represented and configured in different ways in human cultures and societies around the world; <i>how</i> they are imagined experienced and given significance; <i>what</i> these relationships might signify about being human; and <i>what about</i> these relationships might be improved for the sake of the individuals as well as the communities concerned.</p><p></p><p>The <i>Routledge Handbook of Human-Animal Studies</i> presents a collection of original essays from artists and scholars who have established themselves internationally on the basis of specific and significant new contributions to human-animal studies. </p><p></p><p>This international interdisciplinary handbook will be of interest to students and scholars of human-animal studies sociology anthropology biology environmental studies geography cultural studies history philosophy media studies gender studies literature psychology ethology and visual studies.</p>