Beyond mead: Symbolic interaction between humans and felines

Society and Animals

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-81

  Alger, Janet M ^a   Alger, Steven F ^b  

^a SIENA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b The College of Saint Rose   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIDAE;

EID: 0002337343     PISSN: 10631119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853097X00222     Document Type: Article

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