Battered Women and Their Animal Companions: Symbolic Interaction between Human and Nonhuman Animals

Society and Animals

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 99-127

  Flynn, Clifton P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE   (United States)

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EID: 14744278709     PISSN: 10631119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853000511032     Document Type: Article

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