What is extinction? : a natural and cultural history of last animals
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Published
New York : Fordham University Press, 2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Description
291 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Status
Laramie County Community College - Main Collection
QH78 .S38 2023
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QH78 .S38 2023
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Laramie County Community College - Main Collection | QH78 .S38 2023 | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Fordham University Press, 2023.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary
"Life on Earth is facing a mass extinction event of our own making. Human activity is changing the biology and the meaning of extinction. What Is Extinction? examines several key moments that have come to define the terms of extinction over the past two centuries, exploring instances of animal and human finitude and the cultural forms used to document and interpret these events. Offering a critical theory for the critically endangered, Joshua Schuster proposes that different discourses of limits and lastness appear in specific extinction events over time as a response to changing attitudes toward species frailty. Understanding these extinction events also involves examining what happens when the conceptual and cultural forms used to account for species finitude are pressed to their limits as well. Schuster provides close readings of several case studies of extinction that bring together environmental humanities and multispecies methods with media-specific analyses at the terminus of life." --,Back cover.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Schuster, J. (2023). What is extinction?: a natural and cultural history of last animals (First edition.). Fordham University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Schuster, Joshua. 2023. What Is Extinction?: A Natural and Cultural History of Last Animals. Fordham University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Schuster, Joshua. What Is Extinction?: A Natural and Cultural History of Last Animals Fordham University Press, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Schuster, Joshua. What Is Extinction?: A Natural and Cultural History of Last Animals First edition., Fordham University Press, 2023.
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