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

Jan E. Dizard

ISBN 10: 1558491902 / ISBN 13: 9781558491908

Published by University of Massachusetts Press, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Going Wild: Hunting, Animal Rights, and the Congested Meaning of Nature
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1558491902
• ISBN 13: 9781558491908
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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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. 

About the Author

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