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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Van Dooren, Thom, 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]
Series:Critical perspectives on animals.
Subjects:
Birds > Extinction.
Oiseaux > Extinction.
NATURE > Animals > Birds.
NATURE > Birdwatching Guides.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Ornithology.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
Birds > Extinction
Performing Arts.
Australian
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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