Imagining extinction : the cultural meanings of endangered species

Author(s)

• Heise, Ursula K.

Bibliographic Information

Imagining extinction : the cultural meanings of endangered species

Ursula K. Heise

The University of Chicago Press, 2016

• pbk. : alk. paper
• pbk. : alk. paper

Note

Size of pbk.: 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-265) and index

Contents of Works

• From the end of nature to the beginning of the anthropocene
• Lost dogs, last birds, and listed species: elegy and comedy in conservation
• Stories from arks to arkive.org: database, epic, and biodiversity
• The legal lives of endangered species: biodiversity laws and culture
• Mass extinction and mass slaughter: biodiversity, violence, and the dangers of domestication
• Biodiversity, environmental justice, and multispecies communities
• Multispecies fictions for the anthropocene
• Coda: the hug of the polar bear

Details

• NCID: BB27030309
• ISBN:
  • 9780226358024
  • 022635802X
  • 9780226358161
  • 022635816X
• LCCN: 2015045699
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Chicago ; London
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 280 p., [4] p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QH78
  • DC23 : 576.8/4
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Extinction (Biology)
  • LCSH : Endangered species
  • LCSH : Extinct animals