Furries from A to Z (anthropomorphism to zoomorphism)

Society and Animals

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 197-222

  Gerbasi, Kathleen C ^a   Paolone, Nicholas ^a   Higner, Justin ^a   Scaletta, Laura L ^a   Bernstein, Penny L ^b   Conway, Samuel ^c   Privitera, Adam ^d  

^a and Social Science   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Anthrocon Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropomorphism; Furries; Furry; Identity; Species identity, disorder; Zoomorphism

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 50249160041     PISSN: 10631119     EISSN: 15685306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853008X323376     Document Type: Article

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