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Acknowledgements -- Notes on contributors -- Defining domesticated animals and exploring their uses by and relationships with humans within the leisure experience / Neil Carr -- Dogs -- In search of "dog" : fictional media constructions of dogs in the leisure environment / Neil Carr -- Dogs and companion/performance sport : unique social worlds, serious leisure enthusiasts, and solid human-canine partnerships / Wendy Hultsman -- At the nexus : serious leisure, civic engagement and animal welfare and wellbeing / Janette Young -- "It's [not] all about the dogs" : volunteers and pet rescue / Diane M. Samdahl -- The greyhound : a story of fashion, finances, and animal rights / Neil Carr -- The potential of place meanings for negotiating difference among birdwatchers and dog walkers at a multiple-use urban forest / Taryn M. Graham, Troy D. Glover & Bryan S.R. Grimwood -- Parks, dogs and beaches : human-wildlife conflict and the politics of place / Matthew Bowes, Peter Keller, Rick Rollins & Robert Gifford -- Horses -- Riding dress history, with a twist : the side saddle habit and the horse during the early twentieth century / Alison Goodrum -- That's entertainment? : thoroughbreds, precarious lives and the future of jumps racing / Phil McManus -- Dancing with horses : the science and artistry of coenesthetic connection / Stephen Smith -- Fatalities and fascinators : a new perspective on thoroughbred racing / Caroline Winter & Ward Young -- The "missing" others -- Speaking of cats, birds, rodents, fish, insects, reptiles, and farm animals/ neil carr -- Conclusions / Neil Carr. |
