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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Van Dooren, Thom, 1980- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]
Collection:Critical perspectives on animals.
Sujets:
Birds > Extinction.
Oiseaux > Extinction.
NATURE > Animals > Birds.
NATURE > Birdwatching Guides.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Ornithology.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
Birds > Extinction
Performing Arts.
Australian
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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