Alien invaders, plant thugs, and the southern curse framing kudzu as environmental other through discourses of fear

Southeastern Geographer

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 110-129

  Eskridge, Anna E ^a,b   Alderman, Derek H ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Health and Environmental Control ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Discourse; Exotic species; Kudzu; Post structural political ecology

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LEGISLATION; PERCEPTION; SECURITY;

MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

PUERARIA MONTANA VAR. LOBATA;

EID: 77951950674     PISSN: 0038366X     EISSN: 15496929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sgo.0.0073     Document Type: Article

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