Kate Marx

Blogging Wildlife (eBook, PDF)

The Perception of Animals by Hikers on the Appalachian Trail

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This volume reports on the encounters between hikers and wildlife on The Appalachian Trail. Based on narratives provided by trail hikers, it explores the ways in which humans relate to the animals with whom they temporarily shared a home and the meaning constituted by non-human animals in the context of the walkers' narrative journeys.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000334418
• Artikelnr.: 60622921

Autorenporträt

Kate Marx was a postdoctoral research associate in the research group Exeter Anthrozoology as Symbiotic Ethics (EASE) at the University of Exeter, UK. She is currently Social Research Manager at Waterwise, a not-for-profit organisation which advocates for water conservation in the UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Hiking as Pilgrimage
and Wild Animals on the Trail 2. 'Real' Wilderness Needs a 'Real' Predator: Hikers and Black Bears 3. Cuteness on the Trail 4. Ugly
Scary
and Disgusting: Uncomfortably Close Encounters with Mice
Snakes
Insects
and Other 'Critters' on the Trail 5. Chirps
Quacks
Croaks
Howls
and 'What Was That?': Animal Sounds on the Trail Conclusion

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Introduction 1. Hiking as Pilgrimage, and Wild Animals on the Trail 2. 'Real' Wilderness Needs a 'Real' Predator: Hikers and Black Bears 3. Cuteness on the Trail 4. Ugly, Scary, and Disgusting: Uncomfortably Close Encounters with Mice, Snakes, Insects, and Other 'Critters' on the Trail 5. Chirps, Quacks, Croaks, Howls, and 'What Was That?': Animal Sounds on the Trail Conclusion