The global pigeon
By: Colin Jerolmack
Series: Fieldwork encounters and discoveries; Fieldwork encounters and discoveries
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780226001890; 9780226002088; 9780226001920
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Feral pigeons; Social aspects; Human-animal relationships; Habitat
Table of contents: title: Experiencing the city through the quintessential urban bird. The pedestrian pigeon ; Feeding the pigeons: sidewalk sociability in Greenwich Village ; "Do Not Feed the Pigeons": cultural heritage and the politics of place in Venice and London; title: The totemic pigeon. New York's rooftop pigeon flyers: crafting nature and anchoring the self ; The Turkish pigeon caretakers of Berlin: primordial ties in a migrant community ; Joey's Brooklyn pet shop: cosmopolitan ties in a changing urban landscape; title: Deep play. The Bronx homing pigeon club: nature, nurture, and the enchantment of "The Poor Man's Horse Racing" ; South Africa's million dollar pigeon race: rationalizing and globalizing "The Pigeon Game" ; Conclusion: changing ecologies.