Screen LibraryDomestic animals, humans, and leisure : rights, welfare, and wellbeing /
"Domestic animals are an integral component of human leisure experience and can enhance the physical, social, and mental wellbeing of humans. The interplay of human and animal experiences of justice, wellbeing, rights, and roles within leisure is the central theme of this book. Research explore...
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| Group Author: | ; |
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Routledge,
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| Publisher Address: | Abingdon, Oxon : |
| Publication Dates: | 2018. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Routledge ethics of tourism ;
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| Summary: |
"Domestic animals are an integral component of human leisure experience and can enhance the physical, social, and mental wellbeing of humans. The interplay of human and animal experiences of justice, wellbeing, rights, and roles within leisure is the central theme of this book. Research explores the position of domesticated animals in human leisure experiences, in a wide array of leisure settings. Chapters question whether domestic animals may have a desire for leisure that is different from human leisure, whether animals have and wish to fulfil needs for meaningful leisure or non-leisure, a |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781138209275 1138209279 |
| Index Number: | GN407 |
| CLC: | S82 |
| Call Number: | S82/D668 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Behind bars: contradictions in the expectations and experiences of life with marginalised companion animals -- Dog shows as casual leisure: asymmetry of human and animal experience -- Dog showing and training: enjoyable hobbies or destructive practices that reinforce speciesist ideologies? -- Off-leash recreation in an urban national recreation area: conflict between domesticated dogs, wildlife and semi-domesticated humans -- Walking the dog--chore or leisure? -- Recentring companion species wellbeing in the leisure experience: towards multispecies flourishing through dog wal |