Just a dog : understanding animal cruelty and ourselves

The Resource Just a dog : understanding animal cruelty and ourselves
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Just a dog : understanding animal cruelty and ourselves
Title remainder
understanding animal cruelty and ourselves
Statement of responsibility
Arnold Arluke
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Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Annotation. Psychiatrists define cruelty to animals as a psychological problem or personality disorder. Legally, animal cruelty is described by a list of behaviors. In Just a Dog, Arnold Arluke argues that our current constructs of animal cruelty are decontextualized imposed without regard to the experience of the groups committing the act. Yet those who engage in animal cruelty have their own understandings of their actions and of themselves as actors. In this fascinating book, Arluke probes those understandings and reveals the surprising complexities of our relationships with animals. Just a Dog draws from interviews with more than 250 people, including humane agents who enforce cruelty laws, college students who tell stories of childhood abuse of animals, hoarders who chronically neglect the welfare of many animals, shelter workers who cope with the ethics of euthanizing animals, and public relations experts who use incidents of animal cruelty for fundraising purposes. Through these case studies, Arluke shows how the meaning of "cruelty" reflects and helps to create identities and ideologies
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Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
179/.3
Index
index present
LC call number
HV4708
LC item number
.A756 2006
Literary form
non fiction
NAL call number
HV4708
NAL item number
.A756 2006
Nature of contents
bibliography
Series statement
Animals, culture, and society
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