{"product_id":"the-anthropology-of-extinction-essays-on-culture-and-species-death-paperback","title":"The Anthropology of Extinction: Essays on Culture and Species Death - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGenese Marie Sodikoff\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePeter Whiteley\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eJill Constantino\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe live in an era marked by an accelerating rate of species death, but since the early days of the discipline, anthropology has contemplated the death of languages, cultural groups, and ways of life. The essays in this collection examine processes of--and our understanding of--extinction across various domains. The contributors argue that extinction events can be catalysts for new cultural, social, environmental, and technological developments--that extinction processes can, paradoxically, be productive as well as destructive. The essays consider a number of widely publicized cases: island species in the Galápagos and Madagascar; the death of Native American languages; ethnic minorities under pressure to assimilate in China; cloning as a form of species regeneration; and the tiny hominid \u003ci\u003eHomo floresiensis\u003c\/i\u003e fossils (\"hobbits\") recently identified in Indonesia. \u003ci\u003eThe Anthropology of Extinction\u003c\/i\u003e offers compelling explorations of issues of widespread concern.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGenese Marie Sodikoff is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Rutgers University, Newark. She is author of \u003ci\u003eForest and Labor in Madagascar: From Colonial Concession to Global Biosphere\u003c\/i\u003e (IUP, 2012).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 08, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42105154076752,"sku":"9780253223647","price":51.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/Zk5qbWZnc3JhWEw3YzJXY1gzM0wydz09.webp?v=1772236826","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/the-anthropology-of-extinction-essays-on-culture-and-species-death-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}