TY - BOOK AU - Andersson Cederholm,Erika AU - Benbow,Mary AU - Bueddefeld,Jill AU - Burkevica,Anita AU - Carr,Neil AU - Dashper,Katherine AU - Essen,Erica von AU - Fennell,David A. AU - Fouache,Adélaïde AU - García-Rosell,José-Carlos AU - Guo,Yulei AU - Halpern,Nigel AU - Hansen,Marcus AU - Hoarau-Heemstra,Hindertje AU - Jones,Michael AU - Kline,Carol AU - Lindsjö,Johan AU - Lovelock,Brent AU - López-López,Álvaro AU - McCabe,Scott AU - Nazarova,Nadezda AU - Quintero Venegas,Gino Jafet AU - Reis Macieira,Mariana AU - Rickly,Jillian M. AU - Speiran,Siobhan I. AU - Tallberg,Linda AU - Tickle,Lara AU - Tully,Paul A.G. AU - Vasilopoulou,Christina TI - Exploring non-human work in tourism: From beasts of burden to animal ambassadors T2 - De Gruyter Studies in Tourism , SN - 9783110659757 AV - G155.A1 E97 2021 PY - 2021///] CY - München, Wien : PB - De Gruyter Oldenbourg, KW - Human-animal relationships KW - Tourism KW - Working animals KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Hospitality, Travel & Tourism KW - bisacsh KW - Animal sport (or racing) KW - Animal welfare KW - Pack animal KW - Service animal KW - Working animal N1 - Frontmatter --; Acknowledgements --; Contents --; 1 Introduction: Working for the (hu)man in the tourism industry --; Part 1: Theoretical considerations --; 2 Conceptualizing non-human animals as “workers” within the tourism industry --; 3 Redefining the work of working animals in the tourism industry: An animal-centric reflection --; Part 2: Performative work --; 4 Working donkeys in northwestern Mexico: Urban identity and tourism resources --; 5 Animal dark tourism in Mexico: Bulls performing their own slaughter --; 6 Farm animals’ participation in tourism experiences: A time for proper respect --; Part 3: Value-added work --; 7 Animals as tourism stakeholders: Huskies, reindeer, and horses working in Lapland --; 8 Distributed leadership in tourism experiences: Russian sled dogs and Icelandic horses leading the way --; 9 A working holiday: From home to destination with a guide dog --; 10 The donkeys of Santorini: Workers or slaves? --; 11 Monkey see, monkey do: The work of primates in Costa Rican sanctuaries --; 12 The greening of polar bears: Lively commodities in a climate change economy --; 13 “Cute, but get up and work!”: The biophilia hypothesis in tourists’ linguistic interactions with pandas --; Part 5: Reflections --; 14 Working animal research: An agenda for the future --; 15 Afterword: On tourism, animals, and suffering – lessons from Aeschylus’ Oresteia --; List of contributors --; List of figures --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - Critical animal studies is increasingly interfacing with tourism research in an effort to shed light on the various ways animals are incorporated into touristic experience. Exploring non-human work in tourism: From beasts of burden to animal ambassadors builds upon the theoretical connections of animal ethics, agency, and welfare as it foregrounds specifically the work that animals perform in the industry. While some types of animal labor are more readily identified, readers of this volume may be surprised by how many forms of animal labor are overlooked. Taking a widely international perspective, with cases from the Arctic, China, Costa Rica, China, Finland, Greece, Mexico, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, this volume offers readers diverse scenarios of animals working. The book is arranged along three themes of work. Performative work focuses on the animals whose performances are front and center of tourists’ motivations and experiences. Value-added work turns attention to the co-working relationships of animals, while the political work of animals as ambassadors and icons is examined within the chapters on hidden labor. Additionally, the book makes theoretical considerations of the implications of positioning animals as workers and offers reflections on ways this focus on working animals extends current scholarship in the field UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110664058 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110664058 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110664058/original ER -