Imagining extinction
Subtitle: the cultural meanings of endangered species
By: Ursula K. Heise
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780226358024; 9780226358161
Subjects: Extinct animals; Extinction (Biology); Endangered species
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-265) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: From the end of nature to the beginning of the anthropocene; title: Lost dogs, last birds, and listed species : elegy and comedy in conservation stories; title: From arks to ARKive.org : database, epic, and biodiversity; title: The legal lives of endangered species : biodiversity laws and culture; title: Mass extinction and mass slaughter : biodiversity, violence, and the dangers of domestication; title: Biodiversity, environmental justice, and multispecies communities; title: Multispecies fictions for the anthropocene; title: Coda: The hug of the polar bear.