1st Edition
Facing the Wild Ecotourism, Conservation and Animal Encounters
By Chilla Bulbeck
Copyright 2005
336 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
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What do wild animals mean to humans? Will they survive both rampant habitat loss and extinction caused by human encroachment and, as ecotourists, our enthusiasm for them? With ecotourism now the fastest growing segment of tourism, and encounters with wild animals - be it swimming with dolphins, going on safari or bird watching - ever more popular, these are critical questions. Yet until now little... Read more
Introduction * Part I: Back to Nature Tourism * Zoos and Circuses * Animals as Ambassadors for Conservation * So Long and Thanks For All the Fish * Part II: The Nature of Modern Society * Recapturing Lost * Loving Knowing * Respectful Stewardship of a Hybrid Nature * Appendices * Notes * References * Index
Biography
Chilla Bulbeck is Professor of Women's Studies at Adelaide University where she teaches gender studies and social sciences. She has taught Australian Studies at Beijing Foreign Studies University and Tokyo University.
