Going Wild: Hunting, Animal Rights, and the Congested Meaning of Nature - Softcover

Jan E. Dizard

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9781558491908: Going Wild: Hunting, Animal Rights, and the Congested Meaning of Nature
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1558491902 ISBN 13: 9781558491908
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press, 1999

Synopsis

A probing study of the way diverse conceptions of nature shape our responses to specific environmental issues, this book examines the recent clash over a proposed deer hunt on the largest public watershed in Massachusetts, the Quabbin reservoir. In analyzing this public dispute, Jan E. Dizard draws on a wide range of sources, including interviews with resource managers, animal rights advocates, hunters, and environmentalists. He shows how each faction, while sharing some common ground with the others, projects different meanings onto nature. 

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About the Author

Professor of sociology and American studies at Amherst College, JAN E. DIZARD is coauthor of The Minimal Family. 

From the Back Cover

First published in 1994, Going Wild offers a probing examination of the ways in which different conceptions of nature shape our responses to specific environmental issues. In this revised edition, Jan E. Dizard adds a thoughtful and extensive new chapter, updating the controversy over the state-managed deer hunt at the Quabbin Reservoir in Massachusetts and placing it in a broader national context.

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Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1558491902
ISBN 13 
9781558491908
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
232
Rating
  • 3.74 out of 5 stars
    34 ratings by Goodreads