My family and other animals: Pets as kin

Human and Other Animals: Critical Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 69-92

  Charles, Nickie ^a   Davies, Charlotte Aull ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84995923539     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230321366     Document Type: Chapter

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