White Ants
Biotic Borders to Biocultural Frontiers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3551872 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeannie N Shinozuka (Washington State University), Rohan Deb Roy (0000-0002-6836-990X, University of Reading) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 115 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 131-135 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Isis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-1753 • E-ISSN: 1545-6994 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/728889 |
| OpenAlex | W4392179895 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
Establishing biotic borders was part and parcel of empire building. The question of which kinds of biological species were permitted to make their way into North American and West European territories shaped transregional border control in the imperial age. Biotic borders were intensely biocultural in that stereotypes around race and ethnic differences shaped them. Drawing on examples from the history of white ants (also known as termites) in the American and British empires, this essay argues that insects had a sustained and global presence in modern imperial imaginations of borders and frontiers
Abiotic component · Biology · Biotic component · Environmental ethics · Geography · White (mutation · Animal and Plant Science Education · Ecology · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |