Fish/Wives
An Introduction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2222679 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Valerie Burton (corresponding author), Valerie M Burton (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 527-536 |
| Publication date | 2012-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0097-9740 • E-ISSN: 1545-6943 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/662686 |
| OpenAlex | W2176637469 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 7 |
In recent years the decline in global fish stocks and in other ocean and lake resources has put the communities and households that live by their production under strain. Contributors to this symposium prioritize discussion about who owns and who has access to the stock, what labor processes and practices are involved, and what capital costs are incurred in processing and distribution. The authors are in no doubt about women’s importance in gathering, processing, and distribution. But differences emerge in historical and ethnographic accounts that profile the cultural representation of women involved with fish. Whether or not the term “fishwife” has ever been used in the places they study, they recognize its misogynistic intent. Several speak to particularities of body and affect missing from mainstream discussion of fishing, and they look to the potential for reappropriation of the pejorative term “fishwife.” From these perspectives, symposium contributors argue for greater prominence of the histories of women and fish in public debates about the future of fisheries
Biology · Distribution (mathematics · Ethnography · Fish · Fish <Actinopterygii> · Fish stock · Fishery · Fishing · Geography · Mainstream · Pejorative · Political science · Sociology · Stock (firearms · Anthropology · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2022 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |