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200 04$aThe anthropology of extinction$b[electronic resource] $eessays on culture and species death /$fedited by Genese Marie Sodikoff
210   $aBloomington $cIndiana University Press$dc2012
215   $a1 online resource (255 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-253-22364-4 
311   $a0-253-35713-6 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $apt. 1. The social construction of biotic extinction -- pt. 2. Endangered species and emergent identities -- pt. 3. Red-listed languages -- pt. 4. Prehistories of an apex predator.
330   $aWe live in an era marked by an accelerating rate of species death, but since the early days of the discipline, anthropology has contemplated the death of languages, cultural groups, and ways of life. The essays in this collection examine processes of-and our understanding of-extinction across various domains. The contributors argue that extinction events can be catalysts for new cultural, social, environmental, and technological developments-that extinction processes can, paradoxically, be productive as well as destructive. The essays consider a number of widely publicized cases: island spe
606   $aCulture$xPhilosophy
606   $aAnthropology$xPhilosophy
606   $aExtinction (Biology)
606   $aExtinction (Psychology)
606   $aAnthropological linguistics
615  0$aCulture$xPhilosophy.
615  0$aAnthropology$xPhilosophy.
615  0$aExtinction (Biology)
615  0$aExtinction (Psychology)
615  0$aAnthropological linguistics.
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701   $aSodikoff$b Genese Marie$f1966-$01522940
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996   $aThe anthropology of extinction$93839526
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