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| | Society&Animal Forum - Society & Animals Journal |
 | | Through the first half of the twentieth century, two approaches to the field zoögeographical and cultural— were clearly articulated, reflecting the breadth of the discipline. |
 | | In the United States, Wolch and Emel (1995, 1998), who discovered some isolated, albeit prescient and intriguing, attempts to address the animal question, took up efforts to “bring the animals back in.” Tuan (1984) who traced inherently unequal and “paternalist” power relations entailed in keeping companion animals (“pets”) was perhaps the best example. |
 | | In particular, the focus was animals' role in the social construction of culture and individual human subjects, the nature of animal subjectivity, and agency itself. |
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