Cultural Dimensions of Well-Being

Clementine K. Fujimura; Simone Nommensen

doi:10.5771/9781498541282

Cultural Dimensions of Well-Being

Therapy Animals as Healers

1. Edition 2017

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doi.org/10.5771/9781498541282
ISBN print: 978-1-4985-4127-5
ISBN online: 978-1-4985-4128-2
Lexington, Lanham Lexington, Lanham

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Abstract

This book presents a cultural history of human-animal relations in Germany, Japan, Russia and the United States, with a focus on the uses of animals for comfort, healing and in developing a sense of well-being. Fujimura and Nommensen discuss the contexts in which the culture of wellbeing has developed and incorporated alternative therapies with animals. The authors turn to qualitative research conducted over a period of two years in veterinary clinics, hospices, reading programs, search and rescue organizations as well as an extensive review of existing literature on cultural studies of human-animal relations to inform their analysis of complex ways in which humans and animals interact. The extent to which animals are accepted either as members of society or, in contrast, as mere material possessions poses a cultural contradiction leading to questions of the ethical treatment of animals.

Schlagworte

Companion Animals Animal Therapy Animal Welfare Cultural Anthropology Anthrozoology Human-Animal Communication Human-Canine Bond Nonhuman Personhood Well-Being Zoology

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i–xxiv Preface i–xxiv
1–22 1 Animals as Therapists: How We Discovered Them and What They Do 1–22
23–40 2 Cultural Foundations of Human-Animal Relations 23–40
41–56 3 Well-Being through Communication with and about Our Pets 41–56
57–72 4 Mutual Benefits through Human-Animal Contact and Training: What Science and Personal Narratives Tell 57–72
73–84 5 The Animal’s Perspective 73–84
85–90 Concluding Remarks 85–90
91–98 Bibliography 91–98
99–106 Index 99–106
107–107 About the Authors 107–107

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