

An edition of Wolf (2012)
By Garry Marvin
Publish Date
2012
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Language
eng
Pages
199
Description:
Feared and revered, the wolf has been admired as a powerful hunter and symbol of the wild and reviled for its danger to humans and livestock. Garry Marvin reveals in Wolf how the ways in which wolves are imagined has had far-reaching implications for how actual wolves are treated by humans.
subjects: Wolves, Folklore, Gray wolf, Social aspects, Symbolic aspects, Human-wolf encounters, Wolves in art, Wolves in literature, Animals in motion pictures, Human-animal relationships, Conservation, Wolves--folklore, Wolves--social aspects, Wolves--symbolic aspects, Wolves--conservation, 599.773