Cultural Dimensions of Well-Being - Therapy Animals as Healers (Paperback)

This book presents a cultural history of human-animal relations in Germany, Japan, Russia and the United States, with a focus on the uses of animals for comfort, healing and in developing a sense of well-being. Fujimura and Nommensen discuss the contexts in which the culture of wellbeing has developed and incorporated alternative therapies with animals. The authors turn to qualitative research conducted over a period of two years in veterinary clinics, hospices, reading programs, search and rescue organizations as well as an extensive review of existing literature on cultural studies of human-animal relations to inform their analysis of complex ways in which humans and animals interact. The extent to which animals are accepted either as members of society or, in contrast, as mere material possessions poses a cultural contradiction leading to questions of the ethical treatment of animals.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Anthropology of Well-Being: Individual, Community, Society
Release date:	September 2019
Authors:	Clementine K Fujimura • Simone Nommensen
Dimensions:	220 x 153 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	132
ISBN-13:	978-1-4985-4129-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN:	1-4985-4129-1
Barcode:	9781498541299

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