Governing the wild [electronic resource] : ecotours of power / Stephanie Rutherford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rutherford, Stephanie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecotourism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Take four emblematic American scenes: the Hall of Biodiversity at the American Museum of Natural History in New York; Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park in Orlando; an ecotour of Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks; the film An Inconvenient Truth. Other than expressing a common interest in the environment, they seem quite dissimilar.And yet, as Governing the Wild makes clear, these sites are all manifestations of green governmentality, each seeking to define and regulate our understanding, experience, and treatment of nature. Stephanie Rutherford shows how the museum presents a scientiz

Contents:

Introduction : governing nature

Ordering nature at the American Museum of Natural History

Disney's Animal Kingdom : the wild that never was

Wolves, bison, and bears, oh my! Defining nature at Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks

Science and storytelling : Al Gore and the climate debate

Conclusion : being otherwise.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4529-4674-4

0-8166-7846-4

OCLC:

776590478