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020 a| 9781531501655q| (paperback);

020 a| 1531501656q| (paperback);

020 a| 9781531501648q| (hardcover);

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100 1 a| Schuster, Joshuae| author.=| ^A1272616;

245 10 a| What is extinction? :b| a natural and cultural history of last animals /c| Joshua Schuster.;

250 a| First edition.;

264 1 a| New York :b| Fordham University Press,c| 2023.;

300 a| 291 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 23 cm;

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337 a| unmediatedb| n2| rdamedia;

338 a| volumeb| nc2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Photographing the last animal -- Indigeneity and anthropology in last worlds -- Literary extinctions and the existentiality of reading -- Concepts of extinction in the holocaust -- Critical theory for the critically endangered -- What is de-extinction?;

520 a| "Life on Earth is facing a mass extinction event of our own making. Human activity is changing the biology and the meaning of extinction. What Is Extinction? examines several key moments that have come to define the terms of extinction over the past two centuries, exploring instances of animal and human finitude and the cultural forms used to document and interpret these events. Offering a critical theory for the critically endangered, Joshua Schuster proposes that different discourses of limits and lastness appear in specific extinction events over time as a response to changing attitudes toward species frailty. Understanding these extinction events also involves examining what happens when the conceptual and cultural forms used to account for species finitude are pressed to their limits as well. Schuster provides close readings of several case studies of extinction that bring together environmental humanities and multispecies methods with media-specific analyses at the terminus of life." --c| Back cover.;

650 0 a| Extinction (Biology)x| History.=| ^A162502;

650 0 a| Extinction (Biology)x| Social aspects.=| ^A162502;

650 0 a| Naturex| Effect of human beings on.=| ^A5558;

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650 7 a| Naturex| Effect of human beings on.2| fast0| (OCoLC)fst01034564;

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What is extinction? : a natural and cultural history of last animals / Joshua Schuster.

Author/creator	Schuster, Joshua author.
Format	Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication	New York : Fordham University Press, 2023.
Copyright Date	©2023
Description	291 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects	Extinction (Biology)--History. Extinction (Biology)--Social aspects. Nature--Effect of human beings on.

Contents	Photographing the last animal -- Indigeneity and anthropology in last worlds -- Literary extinctions and the existentiality of reading -- Concepts of extinction in the holocaust -- Critical theory for the critically endangered -- What is de-extinction?
Abstract	"Life on Earth is facing a mass extinction event of our own making. Human activity is changing the biology and the meaning of extinction. What Is Extinction? examines several key moments that have come to define the terms of extinction over the past two centuries, exploring instances of animal and human finitude and the cultural forms used to document and interpret these events. Offering a critical theory for the critically endangered, Joshua Schuster proposes that different discourses of limits and lastness appear in specific extinction events over time as a response to changing attitudes toward species frailty. Understanding these extinction events also involves examining what happens when the conceptual and cultural forms used to account for species finitude are pressed to their limits as well. Schuster provides close readings of several case studies of extinction that bring together environmental humanities and multispecies methods with media-specific analyses at the terminus of life." -- Back cover.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2023285280
ISBN	9781531501655 (paperback)
ISBN	1531501656 (paperback)
ISBN	9781531501648 (hardcover)
ISBN	1531501648 (hardcover)

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