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><br/><br/><P></P><br/><br/><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><br/><br/><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>