Cockroaches
From Belief Narratives to the Contemporary Visual Practice of Catherine Chalmers, or How Cockroaches Have Survived on Earth for More than 320 Million Years
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2659005 |
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| Authors | Suzana Marjanić (0000-0002-6158-3006, Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 77 |
| Pages | 139-158 |
| Publication date | 2019-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Folklore Electronic Journal of Folklore (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1406-0957 • E-ISSN: 1406-0949 |
| Publisher | Estonian Literary Museum Scholarly Press (PUBLISHER • EE) |
| DOI | 10.7592/fejf2019.77.marjanic |
| OpenAlex | W2991930417 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
This article, 1 developed on the meeting point of ethnozoology and critical animal studies, is an overview of the role of cockroaches (of which there are around 3500 species) in customs and beliefs of certain ethno-traditions, with a special emphasis on Russian and Croatian, i.e. South Slavic, ethno-traditions in terms of context. In the first part of the paper, I have chosen to present the two aforementioned Slavic examples, considering that they are contradictory in the ethics of their relationship towards cockroaches: while cockroaches, particularly the black ones, were respected in Russian ethno-tradition, almost as pets that bring happiness and prosperity to a household (we could call them pet amulets of sorts) (cf. Gura 2005), they were treated merely as pests in Croatian ethnotradition, as is the case today
Aesthetics · Art · Biology · Cockroach · Literature · Narrative · Climate Change Communication and Perception · History · Ecology
| Highly cited | No |
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