Furry families: Making a human-dog family through home

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 535-555

  Power, Emma ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Family; Home; Human animal relations; Kinship; Non human agency

Indexed keywords

CANID; COHABITATION; KINSHIP;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 49149115774     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649360802217790     Document Type: Article

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