This original and insightful book explores how horses can be considered as social actors within shared interspecies networks. It examines what we know about how horses understand us and how we perceive them, as well as the implications of actively recognising other animals as actors within shared social lives. This book explores how interspecies relationships work, using a variety of examples to demonstrate how horses and people build social lives. Considering horses as social actors presents new possibilities for improving the quality of animal lives, the human condition and human-horse relations.
ISBN: | 9780367874506 |
Publication date: | 12th December 2019 |
Author: | Lynda Birke, Kirrilly Thompson |
Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 166 pages |
Series: | Routledge Human-Animal Studies Series |
Genres: |
Human geography Sports training and coaching Society and culture: general Social and cultural anthropology Sociology Retail and wholesale industries |