Companion Animals in Everyday Life [electronic resource] : Situating Human-Animal Engagement within Cultures / edited by Michał Piotr Pręgowski.

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TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US (Imprint), 2016.Description: XXVII, 313 p. 8 illus., 2 illus. in color. online resourceISBN:

9781137595720 (ebook: PDF)

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Anthropology

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301 23

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Summary: This book is an interdisciplinary collection shedding light on human-animal relationships and interactions around the world. The book offers a predominantly empirical look at social and cultural practices related to companion animals in Mexico, Poland, the Netherlands, Japan, China and Taiwan, Vietnam, USA, and Turkey among others. It focuses on how dogs, cats, rabbits and members of other species are perceived and treated in various cultures, highlighting commonalities and differences between them.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	National Library of India			Available		EBK000028690ENG

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This book is an interdisciplinary collection shedding light on human-animal relationships and interactions around the world. The book offers a predominantly empirical look at social and cultural practices related to companion animals in Mexico, Poland, the Netherlands, Japan, China and Taiwan, Vietnam, USA, and Turkey among others. It focuses on how dogs, cats, rabbits and members of other species are perceived and treated in various cultures, highlighting commonalities and differences between them.

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