Flight ways : life and loss at the edge of extinction /

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"A leading figure in the emerging field of extinction studies, Thom van Dooren puts philosophy into conversation with the natural sciences and his own ethnographic encounters to vivify the cultural and ethical significance of modern-day extinctions. Unlike other meditations on the subject, Flig...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Van Dooren, Thom, 1980- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]
Colección:Critical perspectives on animals.
Temas:
Birds > Extinction.
Oiseaux > Extinction.
NATURE > Animals > Birds.
NATURE > Birdwatching Guides.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Ornithology.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
Birds > Extinction
Performing Arts.
Australian
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: telling lively stories at the edge of extinction
  • Fledging albatrosses: flight ways and wasted generations
  • Circling vultures: life and death at the dull edge of extinction
  • Urban penguins: stories for lost places
  • Breeding cranes: the violent-care of captive life
  • Mourning crows: grief in a shared world
  • Epilogue: a call for stories.

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