‘Animals Just Love You as You Are’: Experiencing Kinship across the Species Barrier

Sociology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 715-730

  Charles, Nickie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

affective relationships; animals; connectedness; kinship; pets; post human families; species barrier

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908703943     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: 14698684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038513515353     Document Type: Article

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