The market of comfortable animals. Krylova E.

Why, in the modern world, dogs fit in a tea cup, cafes in which you can stroke cats and capybar? What fantastic creatures and lords of dragons do the city dwelling associate themselves and what price do pets pay for becoming as touching and convenient for people? The author searches for answers to these questions, comprehending the roles imposed by animals in modern culture, and predicting the consequences that such a dynamics of relations between animals and people can have. The book is written at the junction of anthropology, zoology, cultural studies and ethics; The author actively attracts the latest data in the range from academic studies to social networks statistics.

Katya Krylova - curator, art critic, theoretician of modern culture, Master of Arts (University of London Goldsmith) and scholarship holder of the doctoral studies of the University of Canterbury (New Zealand).