6 Nazi Werewolves from Outer Space: Posthuman- Wolf-Multiplicities and their (Mis)appropriations

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations xi
4. Preface and Acknowledgments xv
5. Abbreviations xvii
6. Trophic Cascade xix
7. Foreword xxi
8. Part I Imagining the Wolf
9. 1 The Wolf in the Human Mind Across Space and Time 3
10. 2 A History of Wolves and People in France 21
11. 3 Wolves and Other Mammals Hunted in Medieval English Forests 37
12. 4 ‘Uuluesheued!’ The Historical Significance of the Wolf to Early Indo-Europeans 47
13. 5 Wolves Behind Bars 57
14. 6 Nazi Werewolves from Outer Space: Posthuman- Wolf-Multiplicities and their (Mis)appropriations 69
15. 7 Never Mind the Girl; What About the Wolf? 83
16. 8 Whose Wolf Is It Anyway? Wolves, Wilderness and Belonging 93
17. 9 Defined ‘as much by their absence as their iconography’: Reimagining Wolves in Cumbria in Sarah Hall’s The Wolf Border 99
18. 10 A ‘Wasteland’ Infested by Wolves: The Fallacy of ‘Dark Age’ England 107
19. Part II What Makes the Wolf?
20. 11 The Wolf Pack 119
21. 12 The Wolf in the Pastoral System of Southern France 131
22. 13 Contemporary Public Images of the Wolf 145
23. 14 The Sweetness of Freedom: Reflections on the Occasion of the Japanese Wolf 151
24. 15 Reimagining the Dingo: The ‘Australian Wolf ’ or Just a Feral Dog? 161
25. 16 Pushing the Ecological Niche: A Sea Wolf Called Takaya 179
26. 17 ‘Hunger-Greedy Appetite’: The Wolf in Early- Modern English Natural History 191
27. 18 What About the Coywolf? 203
28. 19 Is That a Wolf? Politics, Science and Red Wolf Identity 217
29. 20 The Thylacine: A Wolf in Name Only 231
30. Part III Return of the Wolf
31. 21 Landscapes of Coexistence: Livestock and Wolves in the Mountains of North Spain 239
32. 22 The Wolves of Yellowstone: Saviours of the Songbird or Pieces of the Puzzle? 249
33. 23 Wolf–Beaver Dynamics in the Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem, Minnesota 259
34. 24 The Return of the Wolf in Germany: A Success Story of Rewilding with a Future? 273
35. 25 Finding Common Ground with Wolves: Interspecies Communication in a Shared Landscape 287
36. 26 The Case for Wolves in the UK 295
37. Part IV Personal Encounters
38. 27 Tracking Wolves in Western Europe: A Photo-Essay 317
39. 28 Speaking Out for Wolves: A Personal Reflection 327
40. 29 To Receive the Wolf 335
41. 30 Úlfr and Gris: Spectral Animal Companions of the Atomic Priest 347
42. 31 The Three-Legged Stool: Wolves, Shepherds and Sheep 363
43. 32 The Helsfell Wolf 371
44. Afterword: The Ecological Disadvantage of Living on an Island 377
45. Glossary 383
46. Contributors 391
47. Index 399