TY - JOUR
T1 - Wolves at the Door: Migration, Dehumanization, and Rewilding the World
T2 - by Peter Arnds, London, UK, Bloomsbury, 2021, 232 pp., $29.95 USD (paperback), $120.00 USD (hardback), ISBN: 9781501366765
AU - Basaraba, Nicole
PY - 2022/1/16
Y1 - 2022/1/16
N2 - In the context of recent populist rhetoric’s use of metaphors as a form of hate speech that inspires violence, Wolves at the Door: Migration, Dehumanization, Rewilding the World shows how the wolf myth has caused damage not only to the animal’s population, but to many humans over time and across the globe. From North America to Europe and as far-reaching as Oceania, Arnds book traces the history of how the wolf (as animal) has been used as a metaphor via myth, literary texts, political rhetoric, film, and visual culture to communicate xenophobia and racism. Arnds’ approach is unique in that his mix of literary and social discourse analyses allows for the deconstruction of boundaries between animal and human and between biodiversity and cultural diversity.
AB - In the context of recent populist rhetoric’s use of metaphors as a form of hate speech that inspires violence, Wolves at the Door: Migration, Dehumanization, Rewilding the World shows how the wolf myth has caused damage not only to the animal’s population, but to many humans over time and across the globe. From North America to Europe and as far-reaching as Oceania, Arnds book traces the history of how the wolf (as animal) has been used as a metaphor via myth, literary texts, political rhetoric, film, and visual culture to communicate xenophobia and racism. Arnds’ approach is unique in that his mix of literary and social discourse analyses allows for the deconstruction of boundaries between animal and human and between biodiversity and cultural diversity.
U2 - 10.1080/17405904.2021.2025409
DO - 10.1080/17405904.2021.2025409
M3 - Book/Film/Article review
JO - Critical Discourse Studies
JF - Critical Discourse Studies
SN - 1740-5904
ER -
