Format:
1 online resource (334 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781844071388
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9781849773850
Content:
What do wild animals mean to humans? Will they survive both rampant habitat loss and extinction caused by human encroachment and, as ecotourists, our enthusiasm for them? With ecotourism now the fastest growing segment of tourism, and encounters with wild animals - be it swimming with dolphins, going on safari or bird watching - ever more popular, these are critical questions. Yet until now little has been known about why people crave encounters with wild animals and the meaning for the ecotourism industry, conservation efforts and society at large. Facing the Wild is the first serious empirical examination of why people seek out animals in their natural environment, what the desire for this experience tells us about the meanings of animals, nature, authenticity and wilderness in contemporary industrialized societies, and whether visitors change their environmental perspectives and behaviour, as the custodians of wildlife parks would like them to. The book explores the contradictions and ambivalence that so many people experience in the presence of 'wild nature' - in loving it we may diminish it and in the act of wanting to see it we may destroy it. Ultimately the book makes a case for 'respectful stewardship' of a 'hybrid nature' and provides insight for both practitioners and ecotourists alike
Note:
Front Cover -- Facing the Wild -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part 1: Back to Nature Tourism -- Introduction - Part 1 -- 1. Zoos and Circuses -- Natural history -- Zoos: From circus spectacles to Noah's arks -- Animal interactions: Touching and feeding -- Conclusion: Cute, cuddly or wild -- 2. Animals as Ambassadors for Conservation -- Turning wilderness into national parks -- Saving the wild world -- From killing to watching: Whales, penguins and sea lions -- Framing penguins -- Conclusion: Green messages -- 3. So Long and Thanks For All the Fish -- Oceanic anchors: Dolphin dreaming -- Human-dolphin encounters -- Dolphins in the community -- Conclusion: Wolves of the sea -- Part 2: The Nature of Modern Society -- Introduction - Part 2 -- 4. Recapturing Lost Meanings -- Where has all the meaning gone? -- Woman-native-nature -- The masculinity of hunting -- Tourism and the Romantic movement -- Conclusion -- 5. Loving Knowing -- Changing scientific paradigms -- Dualism: Are humans different animals? -- Experiencing the wild -- Feral and wild animals -- Conclusion -- 6. Respectful Stewardship of a Hybrid Nature -- Contesting dualisms in late capitalism -- Hybrid nature -- Appendices -- Notes -- References -- Index
Additional Edition:
Print version Bulbeck, Chilla Facing the Wild London : Taylor & Francis Group,c2004 ISBN 9781844071388
Language:
English
Keywords:
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