Wild dog dreaming : love and extinction / Deborah Bird Rose.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rose, Deborah Bird, 1946-

Series:

Under the sign of nature.

Under the sign of nature: explorations in ecocriticism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dingo--Australia--Northern Territory--Anecdotes.

Dingo.

Dingo--Effect of human beings on--Australia--Northern Territory.

Aboriginal Australians--Australia--Northern Territory--Philosophy.

Aboriginal Australians.

Dogs--Philosophy.

Dogs.

Endangered species--Australia--Northern Territory.

Endangered species.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (182 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Wild Dog Dreaming engages this question, and the result is a bold account of the entangled ethics of love, contingency, and desire.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Where Shall Wisdom Be Found?

2. Looking into Extinction

3. Bobby's Face, My Love

4. Ecological Existentialism

5. Orion's Dog

6. Singing Up the Others

7. Job's Grief

8. What If the Angel of History Were a Dog?

9. Ruined Faces

10. World-Crazy

11. Solomon's Wisdom

12. The Beginning Law

Notes

Bibliography

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613585097

9781280489860

1280489863

9780813931074

081393107X

OCLC:

759159922