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Just a dog

understanding animal cruelty and ourselves

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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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Language
English
Pages
221

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2009, Temple University Press
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2006, Temple University Press
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2006, Temple University Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Philadelphia
Series
Animals, culture, and society

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
179/.3
Library of Congress
HV4708 .A756 2006, HV4708.A756 2006

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
221

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3430630M
Internet Archive
justdogunderstan00arlu_672
ISBN 10
1592134718, 1592134726
LCCN
2005055935
OCLC/WorldCat
62282478
Library Thing
3285272
Goodreads
3837100
1091940

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