Melancholia's Dog: Reflections on Our Animal Kinship

by Alice A. Kuzniar

Book Overview

Bred to provide human companionship, dogs eclipse all other species when it comes to reading the body language of people. Dog owners hunger for a complete rapport with their pets; in the dog the fantasy of empathetic resonance finds its ideal. But cross-species communication is never easy. Dog love can be a precious but melancholy thing.
An attempt to understand human attachment to the canis familiaris in terms of reciprocity and empathy,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226465780
• ISBN13: 9780226465784
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.1"