The Strange Career of the Canadian Beaver
Anthropomorphic Discourses and Imperial History
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4300973 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Margot Francis |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pages | 209-239 |
| Publication date | 2004-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Historical Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0952-1909 • E-ISSN: 1467-6443 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-6443.2004.00231.x |
| OpenAlex | W2026484517 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This article traces the shifting representational history of the "beaver" in the Canadian imaginary through analyzing a range of images from explorers' narratives, to commercial discourses, mass media representations to the ubiquitous sexual slang. I argue that dominant representations of the national rodent have suggested important social territories, like the norms of industry, bodily decorum, sexual respectability and racial progress. At the same time, I also explore how the subterranean language of sexual slang is the logical underside of the narratives found in more "legitimate" representations
Aesthetics · Art · Beaver · Decorum · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Psychoanalysis · Slang · Sociology · The Imaginary · Ecology and biodiversity studies · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Psychology · Gender Studies · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2021 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |