Livestock/Deadstock: Working with Farm Animals from Birth to Slaughter

(Part of the Animals, Culture, and Society Series)

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The connection between people and companion animals has received considerable attention from scholars. In her original and provocative ethnography Livestock/Deadstock, sociologist Rhoda Wilkie asks, how do the men and women who work on farms, in livestock auction markets, and slaughterhouses, interact with--or disengage from--the animals they encounter in their jobs?

Wilkie provides a nuanced appreciation of how those men and women...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1592136494

ISBN13:9781592136490

Release Date:June 2010

Publisher:Temple University Press

Length:248 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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Livestock/Deadstock: Working with Farm Animals from Birth to Slaughter

(Part of the Animals, Culture, and Society Series)

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