Convincing the Public to Kill

Asian Carp and the Proximization of Invasive Species Threat

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8109975
AutoresJustin Mando (0000-0001-8392-4337, Millersville University, autor de correspondencia), Garrett Stack (Ferris State University)
Año2018
Volumen13
Número6
Páginas820-833
Fecha de publicación2018-07-18
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEnvironmental Communication (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1752-4032 • E-ISSN: 1752-4040
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17524032.2018.1492949
OpenAlexW2883527380
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7
Referencias citadas29

This essay examines the mediation of the threat of Asian carp as an invasive species in American waterways based on analysis of 43 articles published in local and national periodicals from 2009 to 2017. Rhetorical and proximization analysis reveals the consistent establishment of carp as an outsider threat and a continual narrowing of the gap between this threat and the deictic center: the Great Lakes. In addition, the notion of the spectacle of the Asian carp’s physiological and behavioral features (i.e. leaping) was found to fade across time in favor of arguments based upon widespread ecosystem and economic damage. This essay argues that the use of these yoked strategies not only prioritizes the threat of Asian carp over other more insidious invasive species but also displays a potentially harmful anti-immigrant preference through metaphor

Art · Biology · Carp · Environmental ethics · Fish · Fishery · Geography · Invasive species · Linguistics · Literature · Metaphor · Political science · Rhetorical question · Spectacle · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Rhetoric and Communication Studies · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses · Ecology · Law