The Black Dog Research Studio

Feel free to peruse the extensive bibliography (list of academic resources) on Big Black Dog Syndrome that I compiled in the process of researching the Syndrome for my article, "The Plight of 'Big Black Dogs' in American Animal Shelters: Color-Based Canine Discrimination." The bibliography is written in the American Anthropological Association format.
As of right now, the bibliography contains the sources I used for my article, but will grow to contain even more references and serve as the seminal resource for research on Big Black Dog Syndrome. If there is a source that you think should be included in this bibliogrpahy, please leave the citation in the comments section at the bottom of the page, by email at info@blackdogresearch.com, or through the contact information form.
American Kennel Club
2008 American Kennel Club, AKC's Canine Good Citizen (CGC) Program. Electronic document, http://www.akc.org/events/cgc/index.cfm, accessed on December 1, 2008.
Berlin, Brent, and Paul Kay
1999 Basic Color Terms: Their Universality and Evolution. The David Hume series. Stanford: Center for the Study of Language and Information.
Brown, Theo
1958 The Black Dog. Folklore 69(3):175-192.
Cohen, Hsin-Yi
2007 Black and White: Deadly Color Prejudice. Dogs Today: 6-12.
Conklin, Harold C.
1955 Hanunóo Color Categories. Southwestern Journal of Anthropology 11:339-344.
Crumley, C.
2002 Exploring Venues of Social Memory. In Social Memory and History: Anthropological Perspectives. Jacob Climo, and Maria G. Cattell, eds. Pp. 39 - 52 Walnut Creek, California: Alta Mira Press.
Dahl, Melissa
2008 Black Pups Face Doggie Discrimination. MSNBC, March 5: Electronic Document, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23472518/, accessed October 18, 2008.
Delany, Tamara
2008a “Contrary to Ordinary” The Black Pearls of the Dog World. Electronic document, http://www.blackpearldogs.com/Hoax.html, accessed October 18, 2008.
2008b 10 Ways to Help. Electronic document, http://www.blackpearldogs.com/Premise.html, accessed October 18, 2008.
Delise, Karen
2007 The Pit Bull Placebo: The Media, Myths and Politics of Canine Aggression. Ramsey, NJ: Arbor Books, Inc.
Dictionary.com
2008 Syndrome Definition. Electronic document, http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/syndrome, accessed November 29, 2008.
Gabo, Naum
1991 Of Divers Arts. New York: Pantheon Books.
Halley, Ed
2008 [1996] Photographers Notebook. Electronic document,http://www.halley.cc/photo/last.html, accessed on November 28, 2008.
Hipp, Debb
2008 Black Dogs Face a Hard Choice at Shelter: Don't Judge a Dog by His Color. The BARK website. Electronic document, http://www.thebark.com/content/black-dogs-face-hard-choice-shelter, accessed on October 18, 2008.
Heather, P. J.
1948 Colour Symbolism: Part I. Folklore 59(4):165-183.
Holy Bible: The New King James Version, Containing the Old and New
Testaments. Nashville: T. Nelson, 1982.
Horton-Bussey
2007 Pale Beyond the Pail. Dogs Today: 13-16.
Hylton, Hilary
2008 Do Black Dogs Face Discrimination? TIME, June 20: Electronic Document, http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1816859,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics, accessed on October 18, 2008.
Lakoff, George, Mark Johnson
1980 Metaphors We Live By. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Lévi-Strauss, Claude
1969 The Raw and the Cooked. New York: Harper & Row.
Lomazzo, Giovanni Paolo
1584 [1844] Symbolism of the Primary Colors. Rome: Presso S. Del-Monte.
Malinowski, Bronislaw
1922 Argonauts of the Western Pacific: An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea. London: G. Routledge & Sons.
Milton, John, J. W. Lake, Samuel Johnson, and Joseph Addison
1833 Paradise Lost: A Poem. Paris: Baudry's European library.
Orlando Sentinel
2008 It’s Hard to Find Homes for Big, Black Dogs. April 10. Electronic document, http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features_lifestyle_animal/2008/04/its-hard-to-fin.html, accessed October 18, 2008.
Petfinder
2008 [2003] Petfinder.com, About. Electronic document, http://www.petfinderfoundation.com/about/, accessed on December 1, 2008.
Rudkin, Ethel H.
1938 The Black Dog. Folklore 49(2):111-131.
Sahlins, Marshall
1976 Colors and Cultures. Semiotica 60:1-22.
Sargent, Walter
1964 Enjoyment and Use of Color. New York: Dover Publications.
Shakespeare, William
1897 Macbeth. James M Garnett, ed. Boston: Leach, Shewell & Sanborn.1913 Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. George Pierce Baker, ed. New York: Macmillan Co.
Sloane, Patricia
1967 Colour: Basic Principles and New Directions. London: Studio Vista.
1991 Primary Sources: Selected Writings on Color From Aristotle to Albers. New York: Design Press.
Smolowe, Jill
2007 Dog Discrimination? People.Com, 67(No. 23): Electronic Document, http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20061132,00.html, accessed on October 18, 2008.
Tennyson, Alfred T.
1884 The Cup and the Falcon. London: Macmillan.
Turner, Victor
1967 The Forest of Symbols: Aspects of Ndembu Ritual. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
Zeugner, Emily
2008 Large, Black Dogs Go Unwanted. Associated Press Online.
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