Kirsten A Greer
Biographic Data
| ID | 7352205 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kirsten A Greer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kirsten A |
| FAMILY NAME | Greer |
| SIGNATURE | GREER K A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen's University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Placing Colonial Ornithology
This paper examines the emergence of colonial ornithology in Upper Canada, 1791-1841, to determine the impact of empire and local contexts on the natural history activity. I argue that colonial ornithology emerged as a by-product of British imperialism that helped to reinforce British, upper- and middle-class, gender-specific white identities through practices of sportsman-hunting, taxidermy, natural theology, and the romantic-aesthetic. However,…
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Placing Colonial Ornithology
This paper examines the emergence of colonial ornithology in Upper Canada, 1791-1841, to determine the impact of empire and local contexts on the natural history activity. I argue that colonial ornithology emerged as a by-product of British imperialism that helped to reinforce British, upper- and middle-class, gender-specific white identities through practices of sportsman-hunting, taxidermy, natural theology, and the romantic-aesthetic. However,…
Anthropology (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Biology (1 work) · British Empire (1 work) · Canadian Identity and History (1 work) · Classics (1 work) · Colonialism (1 work) · Ecology (1 work) · Empire (1 work) · Ethnology (1 work)