KANGAROOS - THE NONISSUE

Authors
Citation
L. Thorne, KANGAROOS - THE NONISSUE, SOCIETY & ANIMALS, 6(2), 1998, pp. 167-182
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Sociology,"Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
ISSN journal
10631119
Volume
6
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
167 - 182
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-1119(1998)6:2<167:>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The international trade in kangaroo skin and meat has been contested o il ecological and ethical grounds for several decades. Yet, it continu es unabated. This article reviews the constitutive practices of the ka ngaroo network, drawing on Actor Network Theory to provide insights in to why and how this trade continues, Questions of agency, network, and space are explored in this account, which looks at the real and imagi ned geographies of the kangaroo trade.