Reconstructing Dead Nonhuman Animals
Motivations for Becoming a Taxidermist
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12419136 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen L Eliason (0000-0001-8881-6546, 1 Montana State University Billings [email protected], corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-20 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Society and Animals (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1063-1119 • E-ISSN: 1568-5306 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/156853012x614332 |
| OpenAlex | W2026391355 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 47 |
Displays of dead nonhuman animals are a common sight on the walls of many American homes and commercial establishments. Taxidermists are the individuals who preserve and attempt to re-create dead animals, birds, and fish so they can be displayed. Little is known about those employed in the profession, including characteristics of individuals who enter this line of work. Using a qualitative approach to data collection, this exploratory research examined motivations for becoming a taxidermist in Montana. Findings suggest that Montana taxidermists entered the profession for one of five main reasons: an interest in wildlife, a desire to mount their own trophies, a hobby that became a job, the necessity of changing jobs, and miscellaneous motivations
Archaeology · Biology · Dead body · Environmental ethics · Exploratory research · Fish · Fishery · Geography · Hobby · Mount · Political science · Qualitative research · Sight · Social science · Sociology · Wildlife · Work (physics · Engineering · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Human-Animal Interaction Studies · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management · Ecology
Mad about Wildlife
Reading the trophy
Constructing nature behind the glass
The Wolf Viewing Experience in the Lamar Valley of Yellowstone National Park
Differentiating motivations of guided versus unguided fly anglers
To Have and to Hold
Taxidermy as rhetoric of self-making
Conservation of Boyhood”
Making Wildlife Viewable
A Statewide Examination of Hunting and Trophy Nonhuman Animals
Topics Awaiting Study
Interactionism and Animal Aesthetics
The Tragedy of Becoming Common
Collectors and Collecting
Career Development
Taxidermic Signs
Killing Tradition
Animal Planet
Trophy Shots
Repair work
Anthropomorphic Taxidermy and the Death of Nature
Animals, Women, and Weapons
The matter and meaning of museum taxidermy
Interpretive Interactionism
Inventing the Bodily Interior
Postmortem Exhibitions
Dog catchers
The Development of Taxidermy and the History of Ornithology
Teddy Bear Patriarchy
The Impacts of Profound Wildlife Experiences
How Pigeons Became Rats
Public Museums, Museum Photography, and the Limits of Reflexivity
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |