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UNINA9910790591803321 |
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Autore |
Greene Harry W. <1945-> |
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Tracks and shadows [[electronic resource] ] : field biology as art / / Harry W. Greene |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2013 |
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0-520-29265-0 |
0-520-95673-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (297 p.) |
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A Stephen Bechtel Fund imprint in ecology and the environment Tracks and shadows |
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SCI008000NAT001000NAT011000 |
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Biologists - United States |
Nature |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Part One. Descent with Modification -- Part Two. Conversing with Serpents -- Part Three. Pretty in Sunlight -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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"Intellectually rich, intensely personal, and beautifully written, Tracks and Shadows is both an absorbing autobiography of a celebrated field biologist and a celebration of beauty in nature. Harry W. Greene, award-winning author of Snakes: The Evolution of Mystery in Nature delves into the poetry of field biology, showing how nature eases our existential quandaries. More than a memoir, the book is about the wonder of snakes, the beauty of studying and understanding natural history, and the importance of sharing the love of nature with humanity. Greene begins with his youthful curiosity about the natural world and moves to his stints as a mortician's assistant, ambulance driver, and army medic. In detailing his academic career, he describes how his work led him to believe that nature's most profound lessons lurk in hard-won details. He discusses the nuts and bolts of field research and teaching, contrasts the emotional impact of hot dry habitats with hot wet ones, imparts the basics of snake biology, and introduces the great explorers Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel |
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Wallace. He reflects on friendship and happiness, tackles notions like anthropomorphism and wilderness, and argues that organisms remain the core of biology, science plays key roles in conservation, and natural history offers an enlightened form of contentment."-- |
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UNINA9910370047903321 |
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Autore |
Drummond Murray |
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Boys' Bodies : Sport, Health and Physical Activity / / by Murray Drummond |
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London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020 |
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[1st ed. 2020.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (XXII, 192 p. 18 illus., 17 illus. in color.) |
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Sex |
Human body - Social aspects |
Sports - Sociological aspects |
Gender Studies |
Sociology of the Body |
Sport Sociology |
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1. Introduction: Personal reflections -- 2. Surveying the Landscape of Male Body Image -- 3. Male Body Image across the Lifespan -- 4.The Stories of Boys’ Bodies, Sport, Health and Physical Activity -- 5. Boys, Sport and Physical Activity -- 6. Muscles, Strength and Power -- 7. Boys’ Bodies in Early Childhood -- 8. Boys’ Bodies in the Middle Years -- 9.The Pre-pubescent Years -- 10. Boys and Young Males’ Bodies in the Age of Social Media -- 11. Boys’ Bodies. |
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This is a book about boys’ bodies, masculinities, and the ways in which boys navigate their lives from early childhood through to the beginning of adolescence. Drummond focuses on sport, health and physical |
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activity, and adds context to the history of male bodies, the social construction of masculinity and the role of sport as a potential rite of passage for young males. Using rich descriptive interview data with 33 boys from the ages of 5 to 13, collected over an 8- year period, Boys’ Bodies identifies important issues including the significance of muscularity and strength as signifiers of masculinity and the need for boys to be involved in “blood sports” as well as “beat girls” in sporting competitions. The meaning of health and the perception of boys’ changing bodies over time are central to the discussion. The book will appeal to researchers, teachers, practitioners, policy makers and parents. |
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