Imagining Extinction: The Cultural Meanings of Endangered Species

by Ursula K. Heise

We are currently facing the sixth mass extinction of species in the history of life on Earth, biologists claim--the first one caused by humans. Activists, filmmakers, writers, and artists are seeking to bring the crisis to the public's attention through stories and images that use the strategies of elegy, tragedy, epic, and even comedy. Imagining Extinction is the first book to examine the cultural frameworks shaping these narratives and images...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022635816X
• ISBN13: 9780226358161
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"