Abstract
This entry distinguishes captive orcas from their wilder and freer kin. We speculate that captive orcas embody three principle metaphors: Prisoner; Activist; Martyr. These metaphors help us to imagine the kinds of rhetorical thinking necessary for a deeper understanding of the costs of human behavior as well as the potential for creating new visions and modes of witnessing. By witnessing orcas-as-prisoners, humans begin to see marine parks anew, as prisons, understanding their own complicity in the imprisonment of animal activists. Captive orca metaphors help to convey the actions of other-than-humans as rhetorically salient and politically motivated.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 257-263 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Rhetoric Society Quarterly |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 27 2017 |
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Keywords
- alternative symbolics
- animal activism
- animal communication
- captivity
- orca
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Communication
- Linguistics and Language
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“Killer” Metaphors and the Wisdom of Captive Orcas. / Schutten, Julie A; Burford, Caitlyn.
In: Rhetoric Society Quarterly, Vol. 47, No. 3, 27.05.2017, p. 257-263.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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