Cultural Violence, Stigma and the Legacy of the Anti-Sealing Movement

List of contents

Introduction 1. Stigmatization as a Tool of Cultural Violence 2. An Overview – Sealing and the Anti-Sealing Movement in the Canadian North Atlantic and Arctic 3. Contextualizing the Newfoundland and Labrador Experiences of Anti-Sealing Violence 4. The Newfoundland and Labrador Anti-Sealing Movement Experience

About the author

Danita Catherine Burke is a research fellow at the Center for War Studies, University of Southern Denmark. She has a PhD from the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University in Wales, UK, and graduate degrees in Political Science from Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dr. Burke’s research has been supported by funding bodies such as the Rothermere Foundations Trust, Carlsberg Foundation, EU Horizon 2020, the J.R. Smallwood Foundation for Newfoundland and Labrador Studies and the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH), University of Edinburgh.

Summary

This book injects nuance into the debate about the moral legitimacy of environmental and animal activism and explores how activism could lead to stigma and destruction of minority group identities, cultural practices, and community structures.

Product details

• Authors: Danita Catherine Burke
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.06.2023
• EAN: 9781032397900
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3239790-0
• No. of pages: 66
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Cultural Studies, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, International Relations, Indigenous Peoples, Relating to indigenous peoples, Environmentalist, Conservationist & Green Organizations, Environmentalist, conservationist and Green organizations, Relating to Native American people, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Native American Studies, Relating to Native American people / First Americans