Year
2010
Degree Name
BSc Hons
Department
School of Earth & Environmental Sciences
Advisor(s)
Gordon Waitt
Recommended Citation
Appleby, Bryce, Skippy the ‘Green’ Kangaroo: Identifying Resistances to Eating Kangaroo in the Home in a Context of Climate Change, BSc Hons, School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong, 2010.
https://ro.uow.edu.au/thsci/103
Abstract
This thesis examines eating kangaroo in the home. Many environmentalists are advocating eating kangaroo as mitigation and adaptation response to climate change. While the kangaroo industry has conducted research on eating kangaroo, no research has thought about the body-spatial relationships of eating kangaroo in the home. Adopting Elspeth Probyn’s concept of ‘the spatial imperative of subjectivity’ the discursive and visceral responses to eating kangaroo in the home are conceptualised in terms of the socially accepted body. Drawing on a range of qualitative methods, this thesis explores the food cultures of 28 adults drawn from across metropolitan Wollongong. Interpretation of responses to semi-structured interview questions employed descriptive statistics, content and discourse analysis. Valuable insights are provided into how domestic food cultures and food pathways intersect with understandings of climate change and discursive as well as visceral knowledge of eating kangaroo. The conclusion returns to the aims of thesis, outlines the policy implications of the results and sets a future research agenda.
FoR codes (2008)
1604 HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, 160403 Social and Cultural Geography
Unless otherwise indicated, the views expressed in this thesis are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of the University of Wollongong.