The Howl and the Pussy: Feral Cats and Wild Dogs in the Australian Imagination
This paper looks at recent attention given to feral cats in Australia, particularly focusing on their symbolic status in eco-nationalist discourses. Australian eco-nationalism is a specific blend of environmentalist and patriotic sentiments which, in an exaggerated way, positions the feral cat as a...
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1999
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The Australian journal of anthropology
Year: 1999, Volume: 10, Issue: 3, Pages: 288-305 |
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