Cougar figures, gender, and the performances of predation;Las figuras del puma (cougar), el género y las representaciones de la depredación

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 518-540

  Collard, Rosemary Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

animals; cougars; figures; gender; Haraway; posthumanism

Indexed keywords

GENDER IDENTITY; WOMENS STATUS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

ANIMALIA; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 84922686215     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0966369X.2011.610179     Document Type: Article

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