The Wolf

Culture, Nature, Heritage
New insights into the changing human attitudes towards wild nature through the depiction of wolves in human culture and heritage.
New insights into the changing human attitudes towards wild nature through the depiction of wolves in human culture and heritage. Few animals arouse such strong opinion as the wolf. It occupies a contested, ambiguous, yet central role in human culture and heritage. It appears as both an inspirational emblem of the wild and an embodiment of evil. Offering a mirror to different human attitudes, beliefs, and values, the wolf is, arguably, the species that plays the greatest role in shaping our views on what nature is or should be. North America and, more recently, Europe have witnessed a remarkable return of the grey wolf (Canis lupus, and its close relative the Eurasian wolf, Canis lupus lupus) to eco-systems. The essays collected here explore aspects of this recovery, and consider the history, literature and myth surrounding this iconic species. There are chapters on wolf taxonomy, including the coywolf, the red wolf, and the many faces of the dingo. We also meet the Tasmanian wolf and encounter Nazi Werewolves from Outer Space. The book explores the challenges of separating fact from fiction and superstition, and our willingness to co-exist with large carnivores in the twenty-first century. Biologists, historians, anthropologists, cultural theorists, conservationists and museologists will all find riches in the detail presented in this wolf collection.

Contributor: Ian Convery (Edited by), Helen Cowie (Contributions by), Martin Drenthen (Contributions by), Nigel Dykes (Contributions by), Helene Figari (Contributions by), Mark Fisher (Contributions by), Holger Funk (Contributions by), Thomas D. Gable (Contributions by), Lawson Giles (Contributions by), Tracy Hayes (Contributions by), Austin T. Homkes (Contributions by), Sean Johnson-Bice (Contributions by), Jean-Marc Landry (Contributions by), Rob Lenders (Contributions by), Elizabeth Marshall (Contributions by), Luigi Boitani (Contributions by), Jean-Luc Borelli (Contributions by), Penny Bradshaw (Contributions by), Deborah Brady (Contributions by), Peter Brewitt (Contributions by), James Brückner (Contributions by), John G. Bruggink (Contributions by), Joseph K. Bump (Contributions by), Cameron R. Campbell (Contributions by), Kylie M. Cairns (Contributions by), TJ Clark-Wolf (Contributions by), Owen Nevin (Edited by), Erwin van Maanen (Edited by), Peter Davis (Edited by), Karen Lloyd (Edited by), Marie Addyman (Contributions by), Cheryl Alexander (Contributions by), Robert G. Appleby (Contributions by), Rene Beyers (Contributions by), Elsie Blackshaw-Crosby (Contributions by), Lee Schofield (Contributions by), Ketil Skogen (Contributions by), Stephen R. Sleightholme (Contributions by), Bradley P. Smith (Contributions by), Robert Williams (Contributions by), Steve K. Windels (Contributions by), Marielle van Uitert (Contributions by), Jamie Mcphie (Contributions by), Javier D. Monzón (Contributions by), Jean-Marc Moriceau (Contributions by), Chris Powici (Contributions by), Lee Raye (Contributions by)

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