Animals at work : identity, politics and culture in work with animals /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Hamilton, Lindsay, 1976- author.
Imprint:	Leiden : Brill, 2013. ©2013
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 195 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Human-animal studies, 1573-4226 ; v. 16 Human-animal studies ; v. 16.
Subject:	Human-animal relationships. Human-animal relationships. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11188206

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ISBN:	9789004249332 9004249338 9004235825 9789004235823 9789004235823
Notes:	Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 15, 2013). Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Animals at Work considers the ways in which humans make meaning from their interactions with non-humans in a range of organizations. This is done through ethnographic research in a range of workplaces, from farms and slaughter-houses to rescue shelters and veterinary practices.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements; To the Reader; Part One Understanding Human-Animal Interactions; Chapter One Humans and Other Animals; Chapter Two Why Work with Animals?; Part Two Boundaries, Partitions and Distinctions; Chapter Three Farm Animal, Vets and the Transformation of 'Muck'; Chapter Four Slaughter Workers and the Making of Meat; Part Three Getting Close to Animals; Chapter Five Shelter Workers and the Construction of 'Animal Personhood'; Chapter Six Wildlife Presenters, Performance and the Animal 'Actor'; Chapter Seven Small Animal Vets and the Crafting of Intimacy.
Part Four ReflectionsChapter Eight Ethnography and Animals; Bibliography; Index.

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