The Wolf
Culture, Nature, Heritage
Published on 18. July 2023
Book
Hardback
434 pages
978-1-83765-015-6 (ISBN)
Description
New 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.
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.
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A fascinating exploration of the many facets of our relationship with the grey wolf. * ARCHIVES OF NATURAL HISTORY *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Woodbridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
13 colour and 66 b/w illus.
Dimensions
Height: 177 mm
Width: 249 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
940 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83765-015-6 (9781837650156)
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Persons
IAN CONVERY is Professor of Environment & Society at the University of Cumbria. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and is a director of the Lifescapes Project conservation charity. OWEN T. NEVIN is Chief Executive Officer of the Western Australian Biodiversity Science Institute (WABSI), Adjunct Professor of Conservation Biology at CQUniversity Australia and Anniversary Visiting Professor of Conservation Biology at the University of Cumbria Erwin van Maanen of EcoNatura is a (conservation) biologist, with a specific interest in mammalian carnivore ecology. PETER DAVIS is Emeritus Professor of Museology in the School of Arts and Cultures at Newcastle University, UK. His research interests relate to the connections between place, nature, heritage, communities and sustainability. Karen Lloyd is the writer in residence with Lancaster University's Future Places Centre. She teaches on Lancaster's MA in Creative Writing and lives in the English Lake District. MARIE ADDYMAN is an independent scholar whose writing and teaching reflects the interdisciplinary approach which is fundamental to her practice. While guest-lecturing on English literature and women's studies at various English universities, she has taught literature, history, and history of medicine for the Open University. Elizabeth Marshall gained her PhD from the University of St Andrews, receiving awards for both her thesis and for her work researching the cultural and sociological issues related to top predator reintroduction to Britain.
Content
Preface & 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. Monzon
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 Brueckner 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. Ulfr 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
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. Monzon
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 Brueckner 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. Ulfr 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