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Book SynopsisNew 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.
Table of ContentsPreface & Acknowledgments Poem: Trophic Cascade by Camille T. Dungy Foreword Luigi Boitani Part I: Imagining the Wolf 1. The Wolf in the Human Mind Across Space and Time Erwin van Maanen 2. A History of Wolves and People in France Jean-Marc MoriceauandP van Maanen 3. WolvesandOtherMammalsHunted in Medieval English Forests Lee Raye 4. 'Uuluesheued!' The Historical Significance of the Wolf to Early Indo-Europeans Rob Lenders 5. Wolves Behind Bars Helen Cowie 6. Nazi Werewolves from Outer Space: Posthuman-wolf-multiplicities and Their (Mis)appropriations Jamie Mcphie 7. Never Mind the Girl; What about the Wolf? Marie Addyman 8. Whose Wolf Is It Anyway? Wolves, Wilderness and Belonging Chris Powici 9. Defined 'as much by their absence as their iconography': Reimagining Wolves in Cumbria in Sarah Hall's The Wolf Border Penny Bradshaw 10. A 'Wasteland' Infested by Wolves: The Fallacy of 'Dark Age' England Elizabeth Marshall Part II: What Makes the Wolf? 11. The Wolf Pack Peter Davis 12. The Wolf in the Pastoral System of Southern France Jean-Marc Landry and Jean-Luc Borelli 13.Contemporary Public Images of the Wolf Helene Figari and Ketil Skogen 14. "The Sweetness of Freedom": Reflections on the Occasion of the Japanese Wolf Holger Funk 15. Reimagining the Dingo: The 'Australian Wolf' or Just a Feral Dog? Bradley P. Smith, Robert G. Appleby and Kylie M. Cairns 16. 'Pushing the Ecological Niche: A Sea Wolf Called Takaya.' Cheryl Alexander and Karen Lloyd 17. 'Hunger-Greedy Appetite': The Wolf in Early-Modern English Natural History Marie Addyman 18. What About the Coywolf? Javier D. Monzón 19. Is that a wolf? Politics, Science and Red Wolf Identity Peter Brewitt and Lawson Giles 20. The Thylacine - A Wolf in Name Only Stephen R. Sleightholme and Cameron R. Campbell Part III: Return of the Wolf 21. Landscapes of Coexistence: Livestock and Wolves in the Mountains of North Spain Nigel Dykes 22. The Wolves of Yellowstone - Saviour of the Songbird or Piece of the Puzzle? TJ Clark-Wolf, Rene Beyers, Peter Brewitt, Ian Convery & Owen Nevin 23. Wolf-Beaver Dynamics in the Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem, Minnesota Thomas D. Gable, Sean Johnson-Bice, Austin T. Homkes, Steve K. Windels, John G. Bruggink, and Joseph K. Bump 24. The Return of the Wolf in Germany: A Success Story of Rewilding with a Future? James Brückner and Erwin van Maanen 25. Finding Common Ground with Wolves: Interspecies Communication is a Shared Landscape Martin Drenthen 26. The Case for Wolves in the UK Ian Convery, Owen Nevin, Elsie Blackshaw-Crosby, Deborah Brady & Mark Fisher Part IV Personal Encounters 27. Tracking Wolves in Western Europe: A Photo-Essay Photography by Marielle van Uitert and text by Karen Lloyd 28. Speaking Out for Wolves: A Personal Reflection Tracy Hayes 29. To Receive the Wolf Karen Lloyd 30. Úlfr and Gris: Spectral Animal Companions of the Atomic Priest Robert Williams 31. The Three-Legged Stool: Wolves, Shepherds and Sheep Lee Schofield 32. The Helsfell Wolf Karen Lloyd Afterword: The Ecological Disadvantage of Living on an Island Mark Fisher
