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  • Pets Around the World

    A Cultural Encyclopedia of the Human-Animal Bond

    by Margo DeMello ...
    Many of us have been deeply affected by our personal experiences with pets. But companion animals have also had a lasting impact on society.This book examines the rich cultural significance of pets across the globe and throughout history. A collection of more than 100 encyclopedia entries explores the many ways companion animals have shaped and continue to shape human society, offering a broad yet ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

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  • Animals and Society

    An Introduction to Human-Animal Studies

    by Margo DeMello ...
    Considering that much of human society is structured through its interaction with non-human animals, and since human society relies heavily on the exploitation of animals to serve human needs, human–animal studies has become a rapidly expanding field of research, featuring a number of distinct positions, perspectives, and theories that require nuanced explanation and contextualization.The first ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Animals and Society

    An Introduction to Human-Animal Studies

    by Margo DeMello ...
    Human-animal studies is an interdisciplinary field that explores the spaces that animals occupy in human social and cultural worlds. It examines the interactions humans and animals have with each other and the ways animal lives intersect with human societies. Since existing social orders rely on the exploitation of animals to serve human needs, the questions posed by human-animal studies touch ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Bigfoot to Mothman

    A Global Encyclopedia of Legendary Beasts and Monsters

    by Margo DeMello ...
    This one-volume encyclopedia introduces readers to the world's cryptids-those hidden or secret animals believed to exist at the margins of human society-including Bigfoot, Yeti, the Loch Ness Monster, and the Mothman.Comprehensive in its scope, this book is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to know more about well-known creatures of myth and legend, such as the Chupacabra and the Jersey ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Stories Rabbits Tell

    by Susan Davis, Margo DeMello ...
    Revered as a symbol of fertility, sexuality, purity and childhood, beloved as a childrens pet and widely represented in the myths, art and collectibles of almost every culture, the rabbit is one of the most popular animals known to humans. Ironically, it has also been one of the most misunderstood and abused. Indeed, the rabbit is the only animal that our culture adores as a pet, idolizes as a ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Bodies of Inscription

    A Cultural History of the Modern Tattoo Community

    by Margo DeMello, Gayle S. Rubin ...
    Since the 1980s, tattooing has emerged anew in the United States as a widely appealing cultural, artistic, and social form. In Bodies of Inscription Margo DeMello explains how elite tattooists, magazine editors, and leaders of tattoo organizations have downplayed the working-class roots of tattooing in order to make it more palatable for middle-class consumption. She shows how a completely new set ... Read more

    $19.49 USD

  • On the Job

    An Encyclopedia of Unique Occupations around the World

    by Margo DeMello ...
    This one-volume encyclopedia examines jobs and occupations from around the world that are unique and out of the ordinary, from bike fishermen in the Netherlands and professional wedding guests in South Korea to elephant dressers in India.It's not surprising that the first question we are asked by strangers often has to do with what we do for a living. It's another way of asking, "Who are you, and ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Animals and Society

    An Introduction to Human-Animal Studies

    by Margo DeMello ...
    Human-animal studies is an interdisciplinary field that explores the spaces that animals occupy in human social and cultural worlds. It examines the interactions humans and animals have with each other and the ways animal lives intersect with human societies. Since existing social orders rely on the exploitation of animals to serve human needs, the questions posed by human-animal studies touch ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • Inked: Tattoos and Body Art around the World

    [2 volumes]

    by Margo DeMello ...
    In recent decades, tattoos have gone from being a subculture curiosity in Western culture to mainstream and commonplace. This two-volume set provides broad coverage of tattooing and body art in the United States today as well as around the world and throughout human history.In the 1960s, tattooing was illegal in many parts of the United States. Today, tattooing is fully ingrained in mainstream ... Read more

    $151.89 USD

  • Faces around the World

    A Cultural Encyclopedia of the Human Face

    by Margo DeMello ...
    This book provides a comprehensive examination of the human face, providing fascinating information from biological, cultural, and social perspectives.Our faces identify who we are—not only what we look like and what ethnicities we belong to, but they can also identify what religions we practice and what personal ideologies we have. This one-of-a-kind A–Z reference explores the ways we change, ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Body Studies

    An Introduction

    by Margo DeMello ...
    In recent years, body studies has expanded rapidly, becoming an increasingly popular field of study within anthropology, sociology, and cultural studies. This groundbreaking textbook takes the topics and theories from these disciplines, and combines them into one single, easily accessible text for students.Body Studies is a comprehensive textbook on the social and cultural uses and meanings of the ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

  • Mourning Animals

    Rituals and Practices Surrounding Animal Death

    Edited by Margo DeMello ...
    Series series The Animal Turn
    We live more intimately with nonhuman animals than ever before in history. The change in the way we cohabitate with animals can be seen in the way we treat them when they die. There is an almost infinite variety of ways to help us cope with the loss of our nonhuman friends—from burial, cremation, and taxidermy; to wearing or displaying the remains (ashes, fur, or other parts) of our deceased ... Read more

    $25.89 USD