Skin, Meaning, and Symbolism in Pet Memorials: Tattoos, Taxidermy, and Trinkets

Description: Skin, Meaning, and Symbolism in Pet Memorials by Racheal Harris This book looks at changes to the ways Western culture memorialises the dead. Specifically, it considers the changing relationship between people and domestic animals. Rather than focusing on how these bonds have changed in day to day life, it examines these relationships by considering how, after death, these animals are remembered. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In response to increased academic interest in the fields of death studies, memorial studies, and human and animal studies, Skin, Meaning and Symbolism in Pet Memorials examines the mourning rituals which exist between people and their domestic pets.Paying close attention to the changing role and increased prominence of the companion animal in the domestic setting, each chapter considers a different form of companion animal memorialization, linking modern practices such as tattooing to historical examples of animal focused memento mori, particularly taxidermy. The final chapter adopts a forward focus in its provision of a framework for future studies related to how death and memorialization rituals are increasingly coming to occupy the digital space. While skin and touch are the focal points of many encounters explored in the text, what becomes evident is how the virtual realm is increasingly intruding into the touch experience. As a result, the posthumous, online afterlives of pets are set to become a social issue of increasing significance to the death and mourning experience.This work meets the needs of academics, post-graduate students and general readers alike, appealing to anyone with an interest in death studies, popular culture, tattooing and human and animal studies. Author Biography Racheal Harris is an author and researcher working within the areas of religion, death, popular culture and science fiction. She has contributed to a number of edited collections on topics including: Pirates in Romance Fiction; religion in James Camerons Terminator franchise; and, depictions of death and folklore in The CW series, Supernatural. Table of Contents Introduction Chapter OneHumans and Animals: Living and Loving since the birth of the Pet Keeping Era Chapter TwoTattooing: As Artwork, Language and Narrative Chapter ThreeMemorializing Animals: Meaning and Mourning Chapter FourTaxidermy: Echoes and Imitations of Life Chapter FiveA Union of Forms: Taxidermy and Tattooing Chapter SixIn the Skin: Memorial TattoosChapter SevenAnimals Online: A New Frontier in Animal Studies?Conclusion Review Harris, an author and researcher working in the areas of religion, death, popular culture, and science fiction, analyzes the mourning rituals that exist between people and their domestic pets, particularly how the skin of humans and animals is used as a site of memorialization, through taxidermy and tattoos, after the death of an animal. She discusses the bond between humans and animals in the domestic setting, the history of tattooing as a cultural tradition and social trend, the concept of memorialization and how it relates to companion animals, taxidermy and its use in mourning, the links between taxidermy and tattoos, the composition and aesthetics of memorial tattoo design, and the links between online image sharing of tattooed animals and the trend toward animal influencers on social media. -- Copyright 2019 * Portland, OR * Review Quote Harris, an author and researcher working in the areas of religion, death, popular culture, and science fiction, analyzes the mourning rituals that exist between people and their domestic pets, particularly how the skin of humans and animals is used as a site of memorialization, through taxidermy and tattoos, after the death of an animal. She discusses the bond between humans and animals in the domestic setting, the history of tattooing as a cultural tradition and social trend, the concept of memorialization and how it relates to companion animals, taxidermy and its use in mourning, the links between taxidermy and tattoos, the composition and aesthetics of memorial tattoo design, and the links between online image sharing of tattooed animals and the trend toward animal influencers on social media. Details ISBN1787564223 Author Racheal Harris Publisher Emerald Publishing Limited Year 2019 ISBN-10 1787564223 ISBN-13 9781787564220 Format Paperback Publication Date 2019-06-27 Imprint Emerald Publishing Limited Place of Publication Bingley Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 393 Pages 232 Subtitle Tattoos, Taxidermy, and Trinkets Language English UK Release Date 2019-06-27 AU Release Date 2019-06-27 NZ Release Date 2019-06-27 Birth 20081027 Affiliation Deakin University, Australia Position Emeritus Professor of Mental Health and Cultural Diversity Alternative 9781787564190 Audience Professional & Vocational Series Emerald Studies in Death and Culture We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159358947;

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