In the years since publication of the first edition of this book, the field of HAS has exploded.
There are now more courses offered at more colleges and universities than ever before …

Non-human animals are ubiquitous in human lives: we dress with their fur and their skin, we
eat their meat, and we visit them in zoos and aquaria (DeMello, 2012). Some of us construct …

How do animals become problems? Drawing on interactionist theories of social problems
and cultural geography, I argue that the construction of animals as problems relies upon …

This paper examines personal narratives in which homeless and formerly homeless people
construct their companion animals as having changed or saved their lives. The analysis …

Animals and Sociology challenges traditional assumptions about the nature of sociology.
Sociology often centres on humans; however, other animals are everywhere in society. Kay …

Animal Cities builds upon a recent surge of interest about animals in the urban context.
Considering animals in urban settings is now a firmly established area of study and this …

The pigeon circovirus (PiCV), first described in the literature in the early 1990s, is
considered one of the most important infectious agents affecting pigeon health. Thirty years …

Animals are defined by movement. Animals are movement. As Akira Lippit remarks:“The
figure of the animal has always been destined to serve as the symbol of movement itself” …

Purpose This article adopts Foucault's notion of a bipolar technology of disciplinary power
and regulatory biopower to address the tension between discipline and freedom in domestic …

Like all zoos, by definition, Paignton Zoo in Devon, South West England, is a physically
bounded space. Not only do the different animal exhibits live in variously designed …