{"product_id":"animals-and-ourselves-9781476671734","title":"Animals and Ourselves","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   The relationship between humans and animals has always been strong, symbiotic and complicated. Animals, real and fictional, have been a mainstay in the arts and entertainment, figuring prominently in literature, film, television, social media, and live performances. Increasingly, though, people are anthropomorphizing animals, assigning them humanoid roles, tasks and identities. At the same time, humans, such as members of the furry culture or college mascots, find pleasure in adopting animal identities and characteristics. This book is the first of its kind to explore these growing phenomena across media. The contributors to this collection represent various disciplines, to include the arts, humanities, social sciences, and healthcare. Their essays demonstrate the various ways that human and animal lives are intertwined and constantly evolving.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnimals and Ourselves\u003c\/i\u003e addresses a host of fascinating questions associated with the blurring of the distinction between human and other species. How have TV nature documentaries changed our views of animals? What is fueling the rapid increase in cosmetic surgeries for dogs? Should nonhuman animals be considered persons or property under the law? Can 'furries' find happiness through on-line dating services? Do robotic pets make good therapists?  This collection of essays offers an eclectic and intellectually satisfying tour of the myriad roles of animals in modern psychological life and in popular culture.\"—Hal Herzog, author of \u003ci\u003eSome We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction (Kathy Merlock Jackson, Lisa Lyon Payne \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eand Kathy Shepherd Stolley) 1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I. Representations: Images of Animals in Media\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnimal\/Human Relations in Two Prairie Tales by L. Frank Baum (Mark I. West) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCultivating Conservation: Childhood and Animalhood in the Fiction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eof Ernest Thompson Seton (Martin Woodside) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMister Ed, 1960s Television and the Horse Who Was Not Just a Horse (Kathy Merlock Jackson) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlurred Laughter: How Disney and Pixar Animated Films Teach Children to Laugh Like Animals (Terry Lindvall) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSurprisingly Human: Producing Nonhuman Selves for Human \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntertainment (Candace Korasick)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFargo: Morality in the \"Animal\" Kingdom (Lynnette Porter) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeautiful Cockroaches and Featherless Birds: Anthropomorphism \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ein Books for Latinx Children (Stacy ­Hoult-Saros) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFriend or Food? The Limits of Anthropomorphism at Disney (Kristi Maxwell) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II. Relationships: Interactions Between Humans and Animals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom Trauma to Trust: The Convoluted Relationship Between Jews \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eand Dogs Hadas Marcus and Tammy ­Bar-Joseph\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo Room in the Boat? Pets vs. People in Disaster Relief Efforts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e(Amy J. Lantinga) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMirrored Caregiving: Chronic Illness in the Human\/Animal \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHousehold (Terri Kovach) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Told the Dog First: The Delicate Relationship Between Marginalized \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYouth and Animals (Jeffrey Jin and Katharine Wenocur)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJapanese People Adore Their Animals (Jill S. Grigsby)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \"Soul\" of the Circus: What Animals Under the Big Top Continue \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eto Teach Their Audiences (Mort Gamble)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Iii. Reflections: Cultural Analysis \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eof Human\/Animal Blurring From Tusk to Tail: Understanding the Animal Attraction to College Mascots (Lisa Lyon Payne) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBody Boundaries: Animal Body Adornment, Lifestyle Holism \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eand Cosmetic Surgeries (Kathy Shepherd Stolley) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFarewell, Flipper: Sending Dolphins Back to the Sea (Jay Alabaster)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHorses in Hats, Frogs in Frocks (Elizabeth A. Larsen) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnimals and the Law: Persons or Property? (George S. Jackson)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe ­Cross-Cultural Animal: ­Human-Animal Interactions \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ein American Study Abroad Marketing (Jennifer R. Auerbach and Jonathan Z. Friedman) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePresenting One's Self as a Furry: What Does This Mean? (Jackie Eller, Jacob Lax and Mary De La Torre) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Story of PARO, a Robotic Harp Seal Pup (Yoko Sakuma Crume) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelective Bibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCamille McCutcheon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040430031191,"sku":"9781476671734","price":30.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476671734.jpg?v=1750946725","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/animals-and-ourselves-9781476671734","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}