Melancholia's Dog: Reflections on Our Animal Kinship

by Alice A. Kuzniar and Alice Kuzniar

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Bred to provide human companionship, dogs eclipse all other species when it comes to reading the body language of people. Dog owners hunger for a complete rapport with their pets; in the dog the fantasy of empathetic resonance finds its ideal. But cross-species communication is never easy. Dog love can be a precious but melancholy thing.
An attempt to understand human attachment to the canis familiaris in terms of reciprocity and empathy,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0226465780

ISBN13:9780226465784

Release Date:November 2006

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:216 Pages

Weight:1.06 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.3" x 9.1"

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