Equestrian Cultures in Global and Local Contexts

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Adelman, Miriam (Editor), Thompson, Kirrilly (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Ethnology.; Sociology.; Cultural studies.; Sex (Psychology).; Gender expression.; Gender identity.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319558868
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-55886-8
• Physical Description: X, 278 p. 12 illus., 6 illus. in color. online resource.

This edited volume demonstrates the broader socio-cultural context for individual human-horse relations and equestrian practices by documenting the international value of equines; socially, culturally, as subjects of academic study and as drivers of public policy. It broadens our understanding of th...