Cat People: Human–Cat Interrelatedness in the Cat Fancy (Multispecies Encounters)

This e book examines the social world of the cat fancy, or the leisure exercise of breeding and exhibiting pedigree cats. Primarily based on multispecies ethnographic fieldwork and interviews in the UK, it explores the method and efficiency of exhibiting cats at reveals, the breeding practices and discourses integral to the creation of pedigree breeds, and the relations that these practices generate between human guardians, the pedigree cat inhabitants, and non-pedigree cats. By statement with cat fanciers and their interactions with their cats, the creator investigates the social dynamics and relationships that type throughout the fancy, contemplating the interconnections between biopower and eugenics in pedigree breeding, the practices of pet holding and the complexities of more-than-human care, and the implications of involvement for the cats themselves. As such, Cat Folks: Human–Cat Interrelatedness within the Cat Fancy will enchantment to students from throughout the social sciences and humanities concerned with human–animal interactions, multispecies leisure, anthrozoology, and more-than-human care.

Writer ‏ : ‎ Routledge
Publication date ‏ : ‎ Could 27, 2024
Version ‏ : ‎ 1st
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print size ‏ : ‎ 206 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1032049731
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1032049731
Merchandise Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.1 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 0.47 x 9.02 inches
A part of sequence ‏ : ‎ Multispecies Encounters
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