Villain, vermin, icon, kin : wolves and the making of Canada /

"A wolf's howl is felt in the body. Frightening and compelling, incomprehensible or entirely knowable, it is a sound that may be heard as threat or invitation but leaves no listener unaffected. Toothsome fiends, interfering pests, or creatures wild and free, wolves have been at the heart o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rutherford, Stephanie (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2022]
Temas:
Wolves > Canada.
Wolves > Social aspects > Canada.
Wolves in literature.
Human-animal relationships > Canada.
Animals and civilization > Canada.
Loups > Canada.
Loups > Aspect social > Canada.
Relations homme-animal > Canada.
Animaux et civilisation > Canada.
NATURE / Animals / Wolves
Animals and civilization.
Human-animal relationships.
Wolves.
Canada.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part one. Villains and vermin. Fear : settler encounters with wildness out of place
  • Disgust : bounties and bureaucracies of extermination
  • Part two. Recuperating the wolf. Passion : writing the wolf in Canadian literature
  • Curiosity : the scientific reimagining of a predator
  • Devotion : wolf love in modern times
  • Part three. Knowing the wolf. Ambivalence : dwelling in multispecies assemblages
  • Empathy : indigenous teachings offer a way out (and in)
  • Epilogue: The hazards of a symbol.

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