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Author:   Rod Giblett ,  Warwick Mules ,  Rod Giblett ,  Emily Potter
Publisher:   Intellect
Imprint:   Intellect Books
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9781841507040

ISBN 10:   1841507040
Pages:   195
Publication Date:   15 April 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

PART I: Wetlands calendar  Chapter 1: For a few years Chapter 2: Rising waters (August/Djilba/late winter)  Chapter 3: Other place (September/Djilba/early spring)  Chapter 4: Other life (October/Kambarang/mid-spring)  Chapter 5: Wetland world (November/Kambarang/late spring)  Chapter 6: Drying up (December/Birak/early summer)  Chapter 7: Dry as a rule (January–February/Birak–Bunuru/mid-, late summer)  Chapter 8: Still water (March/Bunuru/early autumn) Chapter 9: Big puddle (April/Djeran/mid-autumn) Chapter 10: Water’s back (June/Makuru/early winter)  Chapter 11: Birds are back (July/Makuru/mid-winter) PART II: The downflow  Chapter 12: The ballad of black swan lake: Homage to Henry David James  Chapter 13: The black swan: Homage to hoax writers  Chapter 14: The blackness of the black swan: Homage to Herman Melville Chapter 15: Black swamp city: Homage to Hugh Webb  Chapter 16: The body of the earth and the body of Australia: Homage to the human body  Chapter 17: The way of water: Homage to Master Moy Lin-Shin  Chapter 18: The seasons: Homage to Henry David Thoreau  Chapter 19: The black arts of sublime technologies: Homage to Henry Adams  Chapter 20: People and place of the whistling kite: Homage to Haliastur sphenurus  Chapter 21: Living black waters: Homage to horrifying marsh monsters  Chapter 22: Living with the earth: Homage to home-habitat

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Rod Giblett is associate professor in the School of Communications and Arts at Edith Cowan University in Australia. He is the author of People and Places of Nature and Culture, also published by Intellect.

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