Human-Animal Relationships in Equestrian Sport and Leisure - 9781138934160

Taylor & Francis

Human-Animal Relationships in Equestrian Sport and LeisureAuthor(s): Katherine Dashper\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138934160, 978-1138934160\nSynopsis\nRiding, training and caring for horses are visceral experiences that require the immersion of both body and mind. This book provides an in-depth understanding of humanhorse relationships and interactions as embodied in equestrian sport and leisure. \n\nAs a closely focused ethnographic study of the horse world, it explores the key themes of partnership and collaboration in humanhorse communication, the formation of individual and collective identities performed through involvement in the horse world, and humanhorse interaction as an embodied way of being. This book argues that encounters between humans and horses can reveal the ways that human society has been and continues to be structured through intersection with nonhuman others. Equestrian sport and leisu.