Walrus
Known for their prominent tusks and distinctive whiskers, the walrus has often cropped up in contemporary culture: from its role as the majestic protagonist walking along the briny beach in Lewis Carroll s poem The Walrus and the Carpenter, to the Beatles enigmatic pronouncement I am the Walrus. Walruses have long played a significant role in Arctic indigenous communities, where they have held a crucial place in traditional mythologies. European and American interest in the Arctic increased in the nineteenth century with the burgeoning trade of walrus ivory. Hunting brought the creatures near to the brink of extinction, with disastrous effect…
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Weitere Autoren: Miller, Louise
- ISBN: 978-1-78023-291-1
- EAN: 9781780232911
- Produktnummer: 15436104
- Verlag: Reaktion Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 224 S.
- Masse: H18.7 cm x B13.1 cm x D1.4 cm 354 g
- Abbildungen: 100, 60 in colour
- Gewicht: 354
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
John Miller is a lecturer in nineteenth-century literature at the University of Sheffield, UK, and the author of Empire and the Animal Body: Violence, Identity and Ecology in Victorian Adventure Fiction. Louise Miller is an independent scholar based in Kent, UK.
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