The significance of children and animals social development and our connections to other species /
| Main Author: | Myers, Gene |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
West Lafayette, Ind. :
Purdue University Press,
[2007]
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| Physical Description: |
xvi, 241 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Edition: | 2nd, rev. ed. |
| Series: |
New directions in the human-animal bond.
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| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: the sense of connection
- Childhood animality and development: child and animal in culture and theory
- An ecology of subjects: animals and the child's self
- The immediate other: animate relating
- The creature that connects: sharing feelings, words, and minds
- Pretend play: self as human, self as animal
- The animal in the cultural context of development.