For the birds : protecting wildlife through the naturalist gaze /

2020 Award for Distinguished Book from the Animals & Society Section of the American Sociological Association One in five people in the United States is a birdwatcher, yet the popular understanding of birders reduces them to comical stereotypes, obsessives who only have eyes for their favorite r...

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Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Prif Awdur: Cherry, Elizabeth, 1977- (Awdur)
Fformat: Licensed eBooks
Iaith:Saesneg
Cyhoeddwyd: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2019.
Cyfres:Nature, society, and culture.
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Tabl Cynhwysion:
  • Becoming a birder
  • The naturalist gaze
  • Common birds and the social construction of nature
  • Wilderness, wildness, and mobility
  • Good birds, bad birds, and animal agency
  • Birding and citizen science
  • Birding as a conservation movement
  • Conclusion.