ContentsPART I INTRODUCTION1 Introduction: animals and society (human-animal studies) and theResearch Handbook on Animals and Society 2Angela G. Mertig2 Animals in academia 13Angela G. Mertig, Sophia Mae Roberts, Lillian Reid, Briana Grove,Emme Akers and Meghan PittengerPART II EVOLUTIONARY AND (PRE) HISTORICAL CONNECTIONS3 Humans as animals 51Maria Botero4 Animals and humans in the paleolithic 66Shumon T. Hussain5 Domestication: a turning point in the history of human-animalrelationships 90Nerissa Russell6 Animals in (Western) historical thinking 107Thomas AielloPART III THINKING ABOUT ANIMALS7 Animals as symbols 126Ann-Sofie Lönngren8 Anthropomorphism: the challenge of representing animals 141Jenny R. Vermilya9 Philosophy and animals 153Matthew Calarco10 Public opinion and attitudes toward animals 170Angela G. MertigPART IV ANIMAL ROLES IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY11 Animals as products I: consuming animals as food 201Annie Potts and Eilish Espiner12 Animals as products II: rethinking the consumption of animals in fashionand non-food products - tracing the evolution of a social phenomenon 220Rachel Lamarche-Beauchesne and Naomi Bailey-Cooper13 Animals as pets 242Leslie Irvine14 Animals at work I: becoming familiar with the nonhuman organizationalstranger 259Linda Tallberg and Lindsay Hamilton15 Animals at work II: recognizing workers across species 275Tiamat Warda16 Animals in tourism and entertainment 292Jordan R. McNeillie and David A. Fennell17 Managing wild and liminal animals: perspectives from differentdisciplines 313Susan Boonman-Berson and Tanja M.

StrakaPART V SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES AND ACTIVISM18 Animals in green criminology 332Amy Fitzgerald, Jennifer Halliday, Bridget Nicholls and Alex Painter19 Towards a vegan standpoint: the epistemological and methodologicalrepercussions of The Animatrix 351Matthew Melsa, Kate Stewart and Lynda Korimboccus20 Social movements regarding animals 367Elizabeth Cherry.