RT Article
T1 The social construction of the value of wildlife: A green cultural criminological perspective
JF Theoretical criminology
VO 22
IS 3
SP 384
OP 401
A1 Uhm, Daan P. van
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1679255614
AB The trade in wildlife is not a new phenomenon. The earliest civilizations were linked to the trade in live animals and parts thereof, from the Egyptian pharaohs to aristocrats in the modern era. This article focuses on the history of the wildlife trade in order to understand the social construction of the value of wildlife. In dynamic social and cultural contexts, the meaning of wildlife changes. Historically, exotic animals and the products thereof were associated with social elites, but today, wildlife attracts people from all walks of life and a wide variety of live animals and products thereof are traded for functional, symbolic and social purposes. Increasing ecocentric and biocentric values in contemporary western society, however, may influence constructed demand patterns for wildlife in the near future. By integrating cultural criminological concepts with the social construction of green crimes, this article aims to understand constructed wildlife consumerism through the ages.
K1 Animal abuse
K1 Animal rights
K1 Cultural criminology
K1 Green criminology
K1 Wildlife trade
DO 10.1177/1362480618787170