The Oxford Handbook of Animal Studies

Linda Kalof is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Animal Studies Program at Michigan State University.

• PrefaceList of Contributors Introduction, Linda Kalof Part I. Animals in the Landscape of Law, Politics and Public Policy1. Animal Rights, Gary Francione and Anna Charlton2. Animals in Political Theory, Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka3. Animals as Living Property, David Favre4. The Human-Animal Bond, James Serpell5. Animal Sheltering, Leslie Irvine 6. Roaming Dogs, Arnold Arluke and Kate Atema7. Misothery: Contempt for Animals and Nature, Its Origins, Purposes, and Repercussions, James B. Mason8. Continental Approaches to Animals and Animality, Ralph Acampora9. Animals as Legal Subjects, Paul Waldau10. The Struggle for Compassion and Justice through Critical Animal Studies, Carol Gigliotti11. Interspecies Dialogue and Animal Ethics: The Feminist Care Perspective, Josephine Donovan Part II. Animal Intentionality, Agency and Reflexive Thinking12. Cetacean Cognition, Lori Marino13. History and Animal Agencies, Chris Pearson14. What Was It Like to Be a Cow? History and Animal Studies, Erica Fudge15. Animals as Sentient Commodities, Rhoda Wilkie16. Animal Work, Jocelyne Porcher17. Animals as Reflexive Thinkers: The Aponoian Paradigm, Mark Rowlands and Susana Monsó Part III. Animals as Objects in Science, Food, Spectacle and Sport18. The Ethics of Animal Research - Theory and Practice, Bernard Rollin19. The Ethics of Food Animal Production, Paul Thompson20. Animals as Scientific Objects, Mike Michael21. The Problem with Zoos, Randy Malamud22. Wolf Hunting and the Ethics of Predator Control, John Vucetich and Michael P. Nelson Part IV. Animals in Cultural Representations23. Practice and Ethics of the Use of Animals in Contemporary Art, Joe Zammit-Lucia24. Animals in Folklore, Boria Sax Part V. Animals in Ecosystems25. Archaeozoology, Juliet Clutton-Brock26. Animals and Ecological Science, Anita Guerrini27. Staging Privilege, Proximity, and "Extreme Animal Tourism," Jane Desmond28. Commensal Species, Terry O'Connor29. Lively Cities: People, Animals, and Urban Ecosystems, Marcus Owens and Jennifer Wolch30. Animals in Religion, Stephen R. L. Clark Index

Offering an outlook for healthier collaboration, these varied voices constitute a valuable and timely authority to consider while venturing on an animal studies project -- no matter from which discipline.