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

by Arran Stibbe

A linguist explores our relationships with animals and the natural world

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 enclosures of zoos and aquariums; distanced by the museum cases that display...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819572322
• ISBN13: 9780819572325
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher