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Wolf Totem and the Post-Mao Utopian by Li Xiaojiang explores the controversial best-selling novel by the political economist Jiang Rong as an allegory of utopia through discussion of an encyclopaedic range of scholarship in the humanities and social sciences that offer thinking on topics introduced in the novel. In promoting the significance of utopian thought, Li stresses that the term for her study, “post-utopian criticism,” is not the same as anti-utopian criticism, but an analytical approach to criticism in order to addresses the shortcomings of postmodern and postcolonial theories applied to contemporary China, and to open up interpretive space for the specific historical experience of its people and its utopian ideals.
Wolves in literature. --- Jiang, Rong, --- 姜戎,
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Gray wolf --- Gray wolf --- Wolves in literature
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Wolves in literature. --- Arabic poetry --- History and criticism. --- Wolves in literature --- History and criticism
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Greek literature --- Wolves in literature --- Dogs in literature --- Animals in literature
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"Wolves and the Wolf Myth in American Literature examines the wolf's importance as a figure in literature from the perspectives of both the animal's physical reality and the ways writers imagine and portray it."--Inside jacket.
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Wolves --- Wolves in art --- Wolves in literature --- Social Sciences --- Humanities --- Control --- Folklore --- France --- zoologie --- animaux sauvages --- animal et société --- écologie --- histoire culturelle
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Greek literature --- Wolves in literature --- Dogs in literature --- Animals in literature --- Littérature grecque --- Chiens dans la littérature --- Animaux dans la littérature --- History and criticism --- Histoire et critique
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Dans l'imaginaire européen, quelques animaux jouent un rôle plus important que les autres et forment une sorte de «bestiaire central». Le loup en fait partie et en est même une des vedettes. Il occupe déjà cette place dans les mythologies antiques, à l'exemple de la louve romaine, qui a nourri Romulus et Rémus, du loup Fenrir, destructeur du panthéon nordique, et des nombreuses histoires de dévorations, de métamorphoses et de loups-garous. Ces derniers sont encore bien présents au Moyen Âge, même si la crainte du loup est alors en recul. Les bestiaires dressent du fauve un portrait négatif et le Roman de Renart en fait une bête ridicule, bernée par les autres animaux et sans cesse poursuivie par les chasseurs et les paysans. La peur du loup revient à l'époque moderne. Les documents d'archives, les chroniques, le folklore en portent témoignage: désormais les loups ne s'attaquent plus seulement au bétail, ils dévorent les femmes et les enfants. L'étrange affaire de la Bête du Gévaudan (1765-1767) constitue le paroxysme de cette peur qui dans les campagnes ne disparaît que lentement. Au xxe siècle, la littérature, les dessins animés, les livres pour enfants finissent par transformer le grand méchant loup en un animal qui ne fait plus peur et devient même attachant. Seuls la toponymie, les proverbes et quelques légendes conservent le souvenir du fauve vorace et cruel, si longtemps redouté.
Wolves --- Wolves in art. --- Folklore. --- Animal (thème) --- Histoire des civilisations --- Mythologie --- Littérature --- Zoologie --- Représentation graphique --- Wolves in literature. --- Dans la littérature --- Loup --- History. --- Folklore --- Mythology --- Symbolism. --- In literature --- Histoire. --- Mythologie. --- Dans les représentations sociales. --- Aspect symbolique. --- Dans la littérature.
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A wolf’s howl is felt in the body. Frightening and compelling, incomprehensible or entirely knowable, it is a sound that may be heard as threat or invitation but leaves no listener unaffected.Toothsome fiends, interfering pests, or creatures wild and free, wolves have been at the heart of Canada’s national story since long before Confederation. Villain, Vermin, Icon, Kin contends that the role in which wolves have been cast – monster or hero – has changed dramatically through time. Exploring the social history of wolves in Canada, Stephanie Rutherford weaves an innovative tapestry from the varied threads of historical and contemporary texts, ideas, and practices in human-wolf relations, from provincial bounties to Farley Mowat’s iconic Never Cry Wolf. These examples reveal that Canada was made, in part, through relationships with nonhuman animals. Wolves have always captured the human imagination. In sketching out the connections people have had with wolves at different times, Villain, Vermin, Icon, Kin offers a model for more ethical ways of interacting with animals in the face of a global biodiversity crisis.
Animals and civilization --- Human-animal relationships --- Wolves in literature. --- Wolves --- Social aspects --- affect. --- animal histories. --- biodiversity crisis. --- biopolitics. --- canids. --- conservation. --- critical theory. --- emotion. --- environmental history. --- environmental humanities. --- environmentalism. --- historical geographies. --- human/animal relations. --- nation-building. --- political ecology. --- posthumanism. --- settler colonialism. --- wildlife management.
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