Companion Animals and Us: Exploring the Relationships between People and Pets

1. Introduction Anthony L. Podberscek, Elizabeth Paul and James Serpell Part I. History and Culture: 2. The social significance of pet-keeping among Amazonian Indians Philippe Erickson 3. Motivations for pet-keeping in Ancient Greece and Rome: a preliminary survey Liliane Bodson 4. Hunting and attachment to dogs in the Pre-modern period Sophia Menache 5. Children, 'insects' and play in Japan Erick L. Laurent 6. The horse bar mitzvah: a celebratory exploration of the human-animal bond Norine Dresser 7. Creatures of the unconscious: companion animals as mediators James Serpell Part II. The Nature of the Relationship: 8. Companion animals and human health: physical and cardiovascular influences Erika Friedmann, Sue A. Thomas and Tim Eddy 9. Personality research on pets and their owners: conceptual issues and review Anthony Podberscek and Samuel D. Gosling 10. Love of pets and love of people Elizabeth Paul Part III. Pets, Families and Interactions: 11. The influence of current relationships upon pet animal acquisition Rachael M. Harker, Glyn Collis and June McNicholas 12. Pets in the network of family relationships: an empirical study Sheila Bonas, June McNicholas and Glyn M. Collis 13. The meaning of companion animals: qualitative analysis of the life histories of elderly cat and dog owners Marie-Jose Enders-Slegers 14. Human-cat interactions: relationships with, and breed differences between, non-pedigree, Persian and Siamese cats Dennis C. Turner Part IV. Welfare and Ethics: 15. Secondary victimization in companion animal abuse: the owner's perspective Arnold Arluke 16. Veterinary dilemmas: ambiguity and ambivalence in human-animal interaction Joanna Swabe 17. Rethinking bestiality: towards a concept of interspecies sexual assault Piers Beirne.