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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809823903321

Autore

Stibbe Arran

Titolo

Animals erased : discourse, ecology, and reconnection with the natural world / / Arran Stibbe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Middletown, Conn., : Wesleyan University Press, c2012

ISBN

1-283-45757-1

9786613457578

0-8195-7233-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

590

Soggetti

Human-animal relationships

Animals and civilization

Animals - Social aspects

Discourse analysis

Animal welfare

Nature - Effect of human beings on

Human ecology - Philosophy

Environmental ethics

Ecology - Philosophy

Ecology - Moral and ethical aspects

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

Introduction: Vanishing Animals -- Destructive Discourses : Animals within a Symbolic World -- As Charming as a Pig -- From Flu-like Virus to Deadly Disease -- Counter-discourses : Animals in Ecology and Environmentalism -- The Curtailed Journey of the Atlantic Salmon -- Boyd's Forest Dragon or the Survival of Humanity -- From Counter-discourses to Alternative Discourses : Environmental Education in Japan -- Haiku and Beyond -- Zen and the Art of Environmental Education.

Sommario/riassunto

A linguist explores our relationships with animals and the natural world