Killers
Orcas and Their Followers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2428322 |
|---|---|
| Authors | G Huggan (0000-0002-3375-1033, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 287-309 |
| Publication date | 2017-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0899-2363 • E-ISSN: 1527-8018 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/08992363-3749069 |
| OpenAlex | W2398507439 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 18 |
Orcas are among the world's most charismatic animals, combining grace and power, violent when they need to be, but rarely toward humans and never in the wild. Attacks on humans have been restricted to captive orcas, opening up widespread discussions on the ethics of marine-mammal captivity and prompting major changes to the North American orca-display industry, as represented by corporate giants such as SeaWorld. Orcas are now more likely to be followed online than watched either in captivity or in the wild, with some individual orcas becoming celebrity targets for activist campaigning. This article assesses some of the different ways that orcas are being "followed" today, showing how the figure of the celebrity orca offers an opportunity to reflect both on the performative nature of celebrity and on the continuing human exploitation of performing animals, which is tied in with the depredations of the modern corporate world
Biology · Captivity · Charisma · Environmental ethics · Political science · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Marine animal studies overview · Ecology
Cyberactivism
Animals and the Environment
Celebrity and the Environment
Spectacular Nature
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Celebrity 2.0
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Nature's Saviours
Animal Modernity
What's new pussycat? A genealogy of animal celebrity
Animal celebrities
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |