| Description |
xiii, 253 pages : illustrations, map, plan ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Environment and society |
| Contents |
Part I: Australian wetland cultures. The swamp / Nandi Chinna ; Racecourse Lagoon, Uralla, New South Wales / John C. Ryan ; Introduction to Australian wetland cultures: thinking about (and with) swamps / John C. Ryan and Li Chen ; Rainbow serpent anthropology, or Rainbow spirit theology, or Swamp serpent sacrality and marsh monster maternity? / Rod Giblett ; Artist and swamp: wetlands in Australian painting and photography / Rod Giblett ; Poet and swamp: wetlands in Australian verse / John C. Ryan ; Plant and swamp: the biocultural histories of five Australian hydrophytes / John C. Ryan -- Part II: Western Australian wetland cultures. Beeliar (December 6, 2016) / Nandi Chinna ; Three wetland poems (dedicated to J.P. Quinton) / John Kinsella: Poem for the gathering ; The trees alongside Bibra Drive ; Resisting from within the Green Tent at Bibra Drive, Beeliar (for James) ; Environmental activism and wetlands conservation in western Australia / Philip Jennings ; Where Fanny Balbuk walked: re-imagining Perth's wetlands / John C. Ryan, Danielle Brady, and Christopher Kueh ; The cultural significance of wetlands: Perth's lost swamps to the Beeliar Wetlands / Danielle Brady and Jeffrey Murray ; Swamp-philia and paludal heroism: the passion of wetland conservationists in Australia and elsewhere / John C. Ryan and Li Chen ; Power of deluge / Glen Phillips -- Epilogue: Twenty-five years of wetland studies in the humanities / Rod Giblett |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Human ecology -- Australia
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Wetlands -- Australia
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Swamps -- Australia
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| Author |
Ryan, John (John Charles) (Poet), editor, contributor
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Chen, Li (Author of Environmental protection), editor, contributor
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| LC no. |
2019952681 |
| ISBN |
9781498599948 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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149859994X (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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(ePub) |
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