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The anthropology of extinction : essays on culture and species death / / edited by Genese Marie Sodikoff



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Titolo: The anthropology of extinction : essays on culture and species death / / edited by Genese Marie Sodikoff Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2012
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (255 p.)
Disciplina: 306.01
Soggetto topico: Culture - Philosophy
Anthropology - Philosophy
Extinction (Biology)
Extinction (Psychology)
Anthropological linguistics
Altri autori: SodikoffGenese Marie <1966->  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: pt. 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.
Sommario/riassunto: We 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
Titolo autorizzato: The anthropology of extinction  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-12433-4
9786613528193
0-253-00545-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910808800603321
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