Animal Abuse and Family Violence: Researching the Interrelationships of Abusive Power.HV4708 2005-041565 0-7734-6189-2 Animal abuse and family violence; researching the interrelationships of abusive Tending to deceive; practicing abuse; prone to ill-treat by coarse, insulting words or harmful acts. Using ill treatment; injurious, improper, hurtful, offensive, reproachful. power. Fitzgerald, Amy J. (Mellen Mellen is the name of two towns in the United States:
Edwin Edwin or Eadwin (both: ĕd`wĭn), 585?–632, king of Northumbria (616–32), The son and heir of Ælla, king of Deira, he was kept from his inheritance by Æthelfrith. Mellen Pr., [c]2005 229 p. $109.95 Fitzgerald's study investigates the reasons for the connection between family violence and animal abuse. Before discussing her research project, Fitzgerald examines the social construction of animals, the anthropocentric anthropocentric /an·thro·po·cen·tric/ (an?thro-po-sen´trik) with a human bias; considering humans the center of the universe. an·thro·po·cen·tric adj. 1. nature of Western societies, the dominance of the utilitarian view of animals, and the discourse of domestic violence. She provides an explanation of her research methods and background information on the participants in her study. She concludes that pet abuse in the context of family violence is an act of control and should not be minimized. |
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