Animals Erased Discourse, Ecology, and Reconnection with the Natural World

<![CDATA[Animals are disappearing, vanishing, and dying out--not just in the physical sense of becoming extinct, but in the sense of being erased from our consciousness. Increasingly, interactions with animals happen at a remove: mediated by nature programs, books, and cartoons; framed by the enc...

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Main Author: Stibbe, Arran
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Middletown, CT. 06459 Wesleyan University Press 2012
Edition:1
Subjects:
Animal welfare
Animals
Animals and civilization
Discourse analysis
Ecology
Effect of human beings on
Environmental ethics
Human ecology
Human-animal relationships
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
Linguistics
Moral and ethical aspects
Nature
Philosophy
Social aspects
ISBN:9780819572318, 0819572314
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover Title Page, Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Vanishing Animals 1. Destructive Discourses: Animals within a Symbolic World 2. As Charming as a Pig 3. From Flu-like Virus to Deadly Disease 4. Counter-Discourses: Animals in Ecology and Environmentalism 5. The Curtailed Journey of the Atlantic Salmon 6. Boyd’s Forest Dragon, or the Survival of Humanity 7. From Counter-Discourses to Alternative Discourses: Environmental Education in Japan 8. Haiku and Beyond 9. Zen and the Art of Environmental Education 10. Conclusion Bibliography Index About the Author
  • Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Vanishing Animals -- 1 Destructive Discourses: Animals within a Symbolic World -- 2 As Charming as a Pig -- 3 From Flu-like Virus to Deadly Disease -- 4 Counter-Discourses: Animals in Ecology and Environmentalism -- 5 The Curtailed Journey of the Atlantic Salmon -- 6 Boyd's Forest Dragon, or the Survival of Humanity -- 7 From Counter-Discourses to Alternative Discourses: Environmental Education in Japan -- 8 Haiku and Beyond -- 9 Zen and the Art of Environmental Education -- 10 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z