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New insights into the changing human attitudes towards wild nature through the depiction of wolves in human culture and heritage.
List of contents
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. Monzón 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 Brückner 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 Lloyd28. Speaking Out for Wolves: A Personal Reflection
Tracy Hayes29. To Receive the Wolf
Karen Lloyd30. Úlfr and Gris: Spectral Animal Companions of the Atomic Priest
Robert Williams31. The Three-Legged Stool: Wolves, Shepherds and Sheep
Lee Schofield32. The Helsfell Wolf
Karen LloydAfterword: The Ecological Disadvantage of Living on an Island
Mark Fisher
About the author
Edited by Ian Convery, Peter Davis, Karen Lloyd, Owen T. Nevin and Erwin van Maanen
Summary
New insights into the changing human attitudes towards wild nature through the depiction of wolves in human culture and heritage.
