Human–Animal Relationships in Equestrian Sport and Leisure

This book provides an in-depth understanding of human–horse relationships, interactions and the embodied nature of equestrian sport and leisure practices. Encounters between humans and horses are revealing about the ways that human society is structured through intersection with nonhuman others. Caring for, being around and riding horses are visceral, sensual experiences that require immersion of body and mind. This results in the formation of a unique embodied way of knowing and being in the world that characterizes equestrian sport and leisure. This book explores the individual and collective identities that are performed through involvement in the horse world.