My family and other animals: Pets as kin

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Charles, Nickie ^a   Davies, Charlotte Aull ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animals; Family; Kinship networks; Pets

Indexed keywords

EID: 55249089731     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.1798     Document Type: Review

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