Review of Hoofbeats and Society: Studies of Human-Horse Interactions

Authors

Susanne Lindau, Kearney State College

Date of this Version

1988

Document Type

Article

Comments

Published in Great Plains Quarterly WINTER 1988. Copyright 1988 Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska—Lincoln.

Abstract

Taking her 1982 book, Rodeo: An Anthropologist Looks at the Wild and the Tame, a step further, cultural anthropologist and practicing veterinarian Elizabeth Atwood Lawrence here concentrates on the universal appeal of the horse. Horses, she states, "can be vivid images in human cognitive processes, and frequently serve as meaningful constructs in ordering social relations between people and the work around them" (p. ix). She explores various facets of the human-horse relationship to discover the special appeal and significance of horses in diverse societies.