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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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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New Brunswick, New Jersey :
Rutgers University Press,
2019.
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| Series: | Nature, society, and culture.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2264746 |
Table of Contents:
- 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.