The Weight of Beastly Traits

Biopolitics and Imaginations around Wild Boar Hunting in Uruguay

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12419128
AutoresJuan Martin Dabezies (0000-0003-2055-8549, Department of Agrarian Systems and Cultural Landscapes. Eastern Regional University Center. University of the Republic https://dx.doi.org/56724 Uruguay, autor correspondente)
Ano2024
Volume33
Fascículo2
Páginas191-211
Data de publicação2024-08-07
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSociety and Animals (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1063-1119 • E-ISSN: 1568-5306
EditoraBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/15685306-bja10217
OpenAlexW4401436587
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas31

This article explores the concept of wild boars as beasts of the Anthropocene by examining their physicality and the policies focused on controlling their populations. Considering the labeling and perception of the species as a beast, the study investigates the sociopolitical implications of such categorization. Specifically, it examines how wild boars have been described and portrayed as intimidating, dangerous, and threatening within Uruguay’s hunting and conservation communities. By analyzing the processes that frame the lives of wild boars and render them legitimate targets of eradication, this article sheds light on the semiotics and naming of wild boars’ changing corporeality throughout history. It reveals how the hunting community motivates their practices by portraying themselves as guardians of biodiversity and agricultural production rather than mere leisure hunters. I argue that the notion of beastliness is instrumental in wildlife management strategies employed for wild boars

Archaeology · Biology · Biopower · Categorization · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Geography · Perception · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Wild boar · Wildlife · Wildlife management · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Law · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation · Ecology