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Author: Katherine Dashper (Leeds Beckett University, UK)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Weight: 0.453kg
ISBN: 9781138541887
ISBN 10: 1138541885
Pages: 194
Publication Date: 26 March 2018
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
[This book is] of paramount interest for many academic fields. [It] contributes to human-animal studies and provides exciting new insights about sport and leisure, society, gender and identity performance in the past and in our own time. - Susanna Hedenborg, Department of Sport Sciences, Malmo University
[This book is] of paramount interest for many academic fields. [It] contributes to human-animal studies and provides exciting new insights about sport and leisure, society, gender and identity performance in the past and in our own time. - Susanna Hedenborg, Department of Sport Sciences, Malmo University All in all, the book is a very easy read and the references at the end of each chapter could provide years of interesting reading. Putting what is or was essentially a hobby or leisure activity into scientific and sociological terms is an avenue open for further exploration and the Author, I believe, has made a brilliant start to research in this area. - Judith Turner, Euqine Behaviour Forum
"""[This book is] of paramount interest for many academic fields. [It] contributes to human-animal studies and provides exciting new insights about sport and leisure, society, gender and identity performance in the past and in our own time."" - Susanna Hedenborg, Department of Sport Sciences, Malmo University ""All in all, the book is a very easy read and the references at the end of each chapter could provide years of interesting reading. Putting what is or was essentially a hobby or leisure activity into scientific and sociological terms is an avenue open for further exploration and the Author, I believe, has made a brilliant start to research in this area."" - Judith Turner, Euqine Behaviour Forum"
Author Information
Katherine Dashper is a Senior Lecturer in Events Management at Leeds Beckett University, UK. She specializes in the social and cultural aspects of sport, leisure and events. She has expertise in relation to gender and equality, and in researching encounters between human and nonhuman animals in a variety of sport, leisure and event spaces. Much of her research has focused on equestrian sport and leisure. Drawing on theoretical insights from human-animal studies, she is interested in exploring the role of nonhuman animals within human leisure and the interspecies relationships that can develop through joint action and interaction
