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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460196203321

Autore

Lorimer Jamie <1979->

Titolo

Wildlife in the Anthropocene : conservation after nature / / Jamie Lorimer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, Minnesota ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-8166-8107-4

1-4529-5063-6

1-4529-4428-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (294 p.)

Disciplina

333.72

Soggetti

Nature conservation

Nature - Effect of human beings on

Animals - Effect of human beings on

Ecology

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

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction: After the Anthropocene""; ""1 Wildlife: Companion Elephants and New Grounds for Multinatural Conservation""; ""2 Nonhuman Charisma: Counting Corncrakes and Learning to Be Affected in Multispecies Worlds""; ""3 Biodiversity as Biopolitics: Cutting Up Wildlife and Choreographing Conservation in the United Kingdom""; ""4 Conservation as Composition: Securing Premodern Ecologies in the Hebrides""; ""5 Wild Experiments: Rewilding Future Ecologies at the Oostvaardersplassen""

""6 Wildlife on Screen: The Affective Logics and Micropolitics of Elephant Imagery""""7 Bringing Wildlife to Market: Flagship Species, Lively Capital, and the Commodification of Interspecies Encounters""; ""8 Spaces for Wildlife: Alternative Topologies for Life in Novel Ecosystems""; ""Conclusion: Cosmopolitics for Wildlife""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"";

Sommario/riassunto

Contents Introduction: After the Anthropocene 1. Wildlife: Companion



Elephants and New Grounds for Multinatural Conservation 2. Nonhuman Charisma: Counting Corncrakes and Learning to Be Affected in Multispecies Worlds 3. Biodiversity as Biopolitics: Cutting Up Wildlife and Choreographing Conservation in the United Kingdom4. Conservation as Composition: Securing Premodern Ecologies in the Hebrides5. Wild Experiments: Rewilding Future Ecologies at the Oostvaardersplassen6. Wildlife on Screen: The Affective Logics and Micropolitics of Elephant Imagery 7. Bringing Wildlife to Market: Flagship Species,