1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910458186103321

Autore

Walker Brett L. <1967->

Titolo

The lost wolves of Japan [[electronic resource] /] / Brett L. Walker ; foreword by William Cronon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2005

ISBN

0-295-98993-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (360 p.)

Collana

Weyerhaeuser environmental books

Altri autori (Persone)

CrononWilliam

Disciplina

599.773/0952

Soggetti

Gray wolf - Japan

Extinct mammals - Japan

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents ""; ""Foreword: A Strange Violent Intimacy by William Cronon ""; ""Preface ""; ""A Note to the Reader ""; ""Introduction ""; ""1. Science and the Creation of the Japanese Wolf ""; ""2. Culture and the Creation of Japan's Sacred Wolves ""; ""3. The Conflicts between Wolf Hunters and Rabid Man-Killers in Early Modern Japan ""; ""4. Meiji Modernization, Scientific Agriculture, and Destroying the Hokkaido Wolf ""; ""5. Wolf Bounties and the Ecologies of Progress ""; ""6. Wolf Extinction Theories and the Birth of Japan's Discipline of Ecology ""; ""Epilogue ""

""Appendix: Wolves and Bears Killed and Bounties Paid by Administrative Region, 1877-1881 """"Notes ""; ""Works Cited ""; ""Index ""



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779253903321

Autore

Deveny Thomas G. <1950->

Titolo

Migration in contemporary Hispanic cinema [[electronic resource] /] / Thomas G. Deveny

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Scarecrow Press, 2012

ISBN

1-280-87996-3

9786613721273

0-8108-8505-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (407 p.)

Disciplina

791.43098

Soggetti

Motion pictures - Latin America

Emigration and immigration in motion pictures

Motion pictures - Social aspects - Latin America

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Ch01. Migration in Spanish Cinema; Ch02. Migration in Argentine Cinema; Ch03. Migration in Mexican Cinema; Ch04. Migration in Films from Central America; Ch05. Migration in Films from the Hispanic Caribbean; Ch06. The Underbelly of Migration: Trafficking of Drugs and Humans; Ch07. Mulitnational Migration in the Hispanic World; Ch08. Hispanic Cinema and "Huddled Masses Yearning to Breathe Free"; Works Cited; Filmography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

In Migration in Contemporary Hispanic Cinema, Thomas Deveny takes the unique approach of looking at film and immigration with a global perspective, examining emigration and immigration films from Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Central America, and the Hispanic Caribbean. Deveny approaches each movie with a close textual analysis, keeping in mind the sociological theories regarding migration, as well as incorporating criticism on the film. Films such as Flowers from Another World