Shimmer : flying fox exuberance in worlds of peril / Deborah Bird Rose.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rose, Deborah Bird, 1946- author.

Series:

Animalities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human ecology.

Human ecology--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]

Summary:

In this deeply personal book, the last one she wrote before her death in 2018, Deborah Bird Rose explores the shimmer of life - the iridescent pulse of beauty and power, the processes of transition and transformation - that flows across and between generations, grounded in her work with flying foxes in Australia.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Dedications

Acknowledgements

1 Speaking of Love and Peril

2 Meet the Pteropids

3 Arts of Care

4 Participation

5 Nomads

6 Ancestral Power

7 The Vortex

8 Cruelty and its Allies

9 Fidelity

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-9040-9

1-4744-9041-7

OCLC:

1304464369