*0010660717 *003NO-LaBS *00520211116210924.0 *007t *008171206s2016 xx e 1 nob d *009 nam 1 *019 $bl *020 $a9780226358161$c299 kr *0827 $a576.84 *090 $c576.84$dHEI *1001 $aHeise, Ursula K.$_29209800 *24510$aImagining extinction$bthe cultural meanings of endangered species$cUrsula K. Heise *260 $bThe University of Chicago Press$c2016 *300 $a280 s. *336 $atekst$0http://rdaregistry.info/termList/RDAContentType/1020$2rdaco *337 $auformidlet$0http://rdaregistry.info/termList/RDAMediaType/1007$2rdamt *338 $abind$0http://rdaregistry.info/termList/RDACarrierType/1049$2rdact *5208 $aWe are currently facing the sixth mass extinction of species in the history of life on Earth, biologists claim—the first one caused by humans. Activists, filmmakers, writers, and artists are seeking to bring the crisis to the public’s attention through stories and images that use the strategies of elegy, tragedy, epic, and even comedy. Imagining Extinction is the first book to examine the cultural frameworks shaping these narratives and images. Ursula K. Heise argues that understanding these stories and symbols is indispensable for any effective advocacy on behalf of endangered species. More than that, she shows how biodiversity conservation, even and especially in its scientific and legal dimensions, is shaped by cultural assumptions about what is valuable in nature and what is not. *546 $aEngelsk tekst *599 $a299 kr *691 $aBiologi$_16003400 ^