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Dogs in the Leisure Experience
Neil Carr
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Description for Dogs in the Leisure Experience
This book explores the social and cultural constructions and debates of dogs and leisure. It looks at working dogs and considers the differing roles and changing acceptance of dogs' involvement in sport. Within the setting of the animal welfare and sentience debates, it examines the leisure needs of dogs and their owners. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: KNSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 247 x 193 x 19. Weight in Grams: 598.
This book explores the social and cultural constructions and debates of what are dogs and what is leisure. It looks at how working dogs play a significant role in leisure experiences such as ensuring the safety of air transport, and considers the differing roles and changing acceptance of dogs’ involvement in sport. Within the setting of the animal welfare and sentience debates, it examines the leisure needs of dogs and their owners. Providing an original contribution to our understanding of dogs as both participants and objects in the leisure experience, this book is a useful resource for researchers in leisure, ... Read more
This book explores the social and cultural constructions and debates of what are dogs and what is leisure. It looks at how working dogs play a significant role in leisure experiences such as ensuring the safety of air transport, and considers the differing roles and changing acceptance of dogs’ involvement in sport. Within the setting of the animal welfare and sentience debates, it examines the leisure needs of dogs and their owners. Providing an original contribution to our understanding of dogs as both participants and objects in the leisure experience, this book is a useful resource for researchers in leisure, ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2014
Publisher
CABI Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Number of Pages
186
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Wallingford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780643182
SKU
V9781780643182
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Neil Carr
Professor Neil Carr is part of the Department of Tourism at the University of Otago and a former Editor of Annals of Leisure Research. His research focuses on understanding behaviour within tourism and leisure experiences, with a particular emphasis on children and families, sex, and animals. Since gaining his PhD from the University of Exeter he has worked at the ... Read more
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