Alligator Song
A Challenge to Spectacle, Product, and Menace
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8072897 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth Vander Meer (0000-0002-8146-8523, Department of Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology, University of Exeter United Kingdom, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-20 |
| Publication date | 2017-11-03 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Society and Animals (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1063-1119 • E-ISSN: 1568-5306 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15685306-12341480 |
| OpenAlex | W2773199281 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 26 |
Alligators were perceived as dangerous by early settlers in Florida, and they also reflected the untamed and potentially untameable Florida wilderness. By the 20th century, alligator farms capitalized on the thrill of alligator encounters in controlled theme park experiences. Alligators are tamed in the current farm context and valued increasingly for the products that can be derived from their bodies. This anthrozoological investigation of perceptions of Florida alligators explores how farms define alligators and why visitors might accept these particular constructed images of alligators, concluding with a wider view to consider these perceptions of farmed animals in relation to the idea of the nuisance alligator. The discussion is framed by multi-species studies that rest on notions of embodiment and attentiveness, which in this case push the importance of alligator experience and agency to the foreground
Agency (philosophy · Alligator · Archaeology · Biology · Context (archaeology · Geography · Relation (database · Social science · Sociology · Theme (computing · Wilderness · Computer Science · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Human-Animal Interaction Studies · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation · Ecology
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| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |