More-than-human-aging animals, robots, and care in later life / edited by Cristina Douglas and Andrew Whitehouse ; foreword by Jay Sokolovsky ; afteword by Susan McHugh.
| Author/creator | Douglas, Cristina, 1981- |
| Other author | Whitehouse, Andrew. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2025] |
| Description | xi, 215 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Global perspectives on aging |
| Contents | Chapter 1: Introduction: Aging in more-than-human companionship / Cristina Douglas and Andrew Whitehouse -- Part 1: Humans aging in more-than-human companionship -- Chapter 2: Caring canines: Images of 'home' in continuing care / Ardra Cole and Susan MacLeod -- Chapter 3: Becoming-old with a dog: Human-animal entanglements in later life transitions / Nete Schwennesen and Daniel L©đpez G©đmez -- Chapter 4: Of dogs, humans, and lives worth living: Thinking with dogs about later life, living with dementia, and more-than-human companionship / Cristina Douglas -- Chapter 5: Aging with companion animals: More-than-human agency, digital and sensory intimacies, and care / Ingrid Richardson and Larissa Hjorth -- Chapter 6: Baby seals and armless robots: Is this what care in later life is made of? / Cathrine Degnen and Katie Brittain -- Chapter 7: How to be a good robot? Human-nonhuman play in dementia care / Ruud Hendriks and Ike Kamphof -- Part 2: Other-than-humans aging in human companionship -- Chapter 8: The invisibility of the aging laboratory animal / Lesley A. Sharp -- Chapter 9: Then there were 3, 2, 1, 0. Grieving with and for a murine family / Samantha Hurn -- Chapter 10: Posthuman professionalism: Interspecies entanglements and clinical end of life care / Vanessa Ashall, Joanna Latimer and Carrie Friese. |
| Abstract | "What does later life look like when it is lived in the companionship of other species? Similarly, how do other species age (or not) with humans, and what sort of (a)symmetries, if any, are brought to light around how we understand and think about aging? So far, aging has been investigated in the social sciences in purely human terms. This is the first collection of original work that considers aging as taking place in relation to other species. This volume aims to start a conversation about aging by taking its more-than-human participants seriously - that is, not only as a support for or context of human aging but also more symmetrically, as agents and subjects in the process of aging. The contributors draw upon richly descriptive ethnographic accounts, including moments of connection between seniors and dogs in a long-term care facility, human care for aging laboratory animals, and robotic companionship in later life. The ethnographies in this volume enrich not only our understanding of more-than-human companionship during the human aging process but also challenge and urge us to rethink what it means to live later in life in ecologically entangled social and moral worlds"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2024003639 |
| ISBN | 9781978840935 (paperback ; acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 9781978840942 (cloth ; acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
| ISBN | (pdf) |