Labors of love: Work, labor, and care in dog–human relations

Cudworth, Erika

doi:10.1111/gwao.12814

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“…Animals are themselves laborers, and often work alongside humans (Coulter, 2016). Analyzing animals as workers and co‐workers can incorporate concepts important to feminist and queer sociology, including caregiving, reciprocity, the division of labor, feminization of care work, exploitation, non‐traditional family formation, and desire (e.g., Cudworth, 2022; Govindrajan, 2018; Riggs et al., 2021). Exploring animal care for humans disrupts the presumed relationship between humans and animals, and presents novel opportunities to consider how to build multispecies lifeworlds in which different types of beings can thrive.…”

Section: Feminist Animal Studies and The Core Concerns Of Feminist An...mentioning

confidence: 99%

An invitation to bring animals into feminist and queer sociology

Guenther

2024

Sociology Compass

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This paper presents an invitation to feminist and queer sociology to engage more frequently, enthusiastically, and deeply with animals. Feminist and queer sociology that attend to animals and animality stand to develop better knowledge for animals and animal studies and for women, queers, and feminist and queer sociology. Sociologists working from feminist and queer perspectives are also particularly well‐positioned within the discipline of sociology to contribute to and take advantage of the insights of the field of feminist animal studies. After a brief review of what feminist animal studies is, I proceed through three steps to elaborate the imperative for feminist and queer sociology to consider animals. First, I show how feminist animal studies as a theoretical perspective engages with issues that are core to feminist and queer sociology. Second, I center intersectional feminism and lay out how incorporating species can and does enhance our understanding of intersectional processes. Third, I present an ethical call, grounded in the traditions of feminist ethics and ecofeminism, to attend to species in feminist and queer sociology.

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Section: Feminist Animal Studies and The Core Concerns Of Feminist An...mentioning

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An invitation to bring animals into feminist and queer sociology

Guenther

2024

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“…Intra-species reproductive care labour can assist people in better understanding humans and dogs as domestic partners. Furthermore, a gender lens is needed to revisit issues of affection slavery and consider how labours of love might be different from this, and deploys (eco) feminist care theory to consider how far work, labour, and care might be productive categories in understanding a hitherto neglected area -relationships with companion dogs (Cudworth, 2022).…”

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Exploring Canine Connections: Unraveling Human Bonds, Loyalty, Attachment, and Character Development in Anuradha Roy’s Masterpiece ‘The Earth Spinner’

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Human beings are dependent on animals in different ways; many animals have been known to sacrifice their life to the owners. One popular animal that lives as a closer companion to the human world is the dog which can be domesticated easily. Among domesticated animals, dogs are generally connected with loyalty and security; they are also represented as catalysts that highlight the finest and worst elements of relationships. Many writers highlighted the characteristics of dogs and used them in their works for several reasons. Anuradha Roy, a noted novelist in contemporary literature effectively combines symbolism and imagery in ‘The Earth Spinner’which shows a strong passion for dogs, both in her professional and personal lives. Applying the Attachment Theory (Bowlby, 1969) this article addresses the significance of the dog in three ways. The first one is the symbolism of loyalty and security; the second one is the exploration of the bonding between the dogs and humans and the last one is to facilitate character development. A dog character in the novel appears as Tashi but plays a pivotal role in making all-round characters important; when Tashi becomes Chinna to another owner it loses its dynamicity. The Communal Riots and religious occurrences negotiate complicated interactions among people and illuminate the novel's numerous topics and Animals symbolism expresses the awareness of ethical considerations about conservation and coexistence which are also highlighted in this paper.

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“…In the US, in addition to service dogs, who are trained, there are also emotional support animals who are not. Moreover, it has been argued that companion animals should be seen as working, voluntarily, in the homes where they live, undertaking care work for their humans (Coulter, 2016a;Cudworth, 2022).…”

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‘Basically He’s a Pet, Not a Working Dog’: Theorising What Therapy Dogs Do in the Workplace

Charles

Wolkowitz

2023

Work, Employment and Society

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This article takes the case of therapy dogs who visit hospitals, care homes, schools and universities in Britain and asks whether we should conceptualise what they are doing as work. Marx defined the capacity to work as what sets humankind apart from other animals, but more recent analysts see similarities between animals and humans in their capacity to work. Animal work is often defined through training and the acquisition of skills; for therapy dogs, however, training is not required, and their skills go unrecognised. Drawing on a study of therapy dog visits to a British university and using a methodology that attends to the experiences of the dogs as well as the human actors, we argue that therapy dogs engage in emotional work and body work and that the concepts of ‘encounter value’ and ‘feeling power’ need to be deployed to theorise the work they are doing.

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Labors of love: Work, labor, and care in dog–human relations

Cited by 8 publications

References 51 publications

An invitation to bring animals into feminist and queer sociology

An invitation to bring animals into feminist and queer sociology

Exploring Canine Connections: Unraveling Human Bonds, Loyalty, Attachment, and Character Development in Anuradha Roy’s Masterpiece ‘The Earth Spinner’

‘Basically He’s a Pet, Not a Working Dog’: Theorising What Therapy Dogs Do in the Workplace

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