Imagining ExtinctionWe are currently facing the sixth mass extinction of species in the history of life on Earth, biologists claimthe first one caused by humans. Activists, filmmakers, writers, and artists are seeking to bring the crisis to the publics attention through stories and images that use the strategies of elegy, tragedy, epic, and even comedy. Imagining Extinction is the first book to examine the cultural frameworks shaping these narratives and images. Ursula