Animals in the American Imagination
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3852355 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mathias Fuchs (0000-0003-1147-065X, Universität Innsbruck, corresponding author), Anna Marta Marini (0000-0001-8268-2516, Instituto Franklin, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Spain) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 1-12 |
| Publication date | 2024-04-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative American Studies An International Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1477-5700 • E-ISSN: 1741-2676 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14775700.2024.2326746 |
| OpenAlex | W4396520144 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 15 |
This introduction to this special issue of Comparative American Studies outlines the significance of animals - in particular animal representations - to the US imagination. As the two national animals, the bald eagle and the American bison encapsulate some of the paradoxes characteristic of American animals: charged with symbolic force but nearly driven to extinction - only to become part of American success stories of conservation and restoration
Aesthetics · American studies · Art · Epistemology · Imagination · Literature · Sociology · Animal and Plant Science Education · Anthropology · Environmental Philosophy and Ethics · Geographies of human-animal interactions · History · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |