How to Read Fishes: Science, Empathy, and Salar the Salmon
In: Society & AnimalsSearch for other papers by Candice Allmark-Kent in
Current site
Google Scholar
Abstract
Despite the interdisciplinarity of human-animal studies, there has been little research about the interactions between science and literature in relation to nonhuman animals. This paper explores the representation of Atlantic salmons (Salmo salar) and brown trouts (Salmo trutta) in Henry Williamson’s classic work of animal fiction, Salar the Salmon (1935). In particular, the analysis focuses on depictions of mental states and subjective experiences in fishes. This work offers the first animal-centric analysis of the text, while also addressing the marginalization of fishes in literary animal studies. The wider purpose is to identify the ways in which fiction can influence public perceptions and encourage empathy in readers. The ultimate aim is to improve our methods of communicating about fishes in both literature and science.
Purchase
Buy instant access (PDF download and unlimited online access):
Institutional Login
Log in with Open Athens, Shibboleth, or your institutional credentials
Personal login
Log in with your brill.com account
-
Allmark-Kent, C. (2015). The Wild Animal’s Story. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. University of Exeter.
-
Bal, P.M., & Veltkamp, M. (2013). How Does Fiction Reading Influence Empathy. PLoS ONE, 8(1), 1-12. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055341.
-
Balcombe, J. (2009). Animal Pleasure and Its Moral Significance. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 118, 208-216. DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2009.02.012.
-
Balcombe, J. (2016). What a Fish Knows. New York: Scientific American.
-
Bear, C., & Eden, S. (2011). Thinking Like a Fish? Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 29, 336-352. DOI: 10.1068/d1810.
-
Beierl, B.H. (2008). The Sympathetic Imagination and the Human-Animal Bond. Anthrozoös, 21(3), 213-220. DOI: 10.2752/175303708X332026.
-
Braithwaite, V.A. (2005). Cognitive Ability in Fish. In K.A. Sloman, R.W. Wilson, & S. Balshine (Eds.), Behaviour and Physiology of Fish (pp. 1-37). London: Elsevier Academic Press.
-
Braithwaite, V.A., & Boulcott, P. (2007). Pain Perception, Aversion and Fear in Fish. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 75, 131-138. DOI: 10.3354/dao075131.
-
Broom, D.M., (2007). Cognitive Ability and Sentience. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 75, 99-108. DOI: 10.3354/dao075099.
-
Brown, C. (2015). Fish Intelligence, Sentience and Ethics. Animal Cognition, 18(1), 1-17. DOI: 10.1007/s10071-014-0761-0.
-
Brown, C., Markula, A., & Laland, K. (2003). Social Learning of Prey Location in Hatchery Reared Atlantic Salmon. Journal of Fish Biology, 63(3), 738-745. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2003.0216c.x.
-
Brown, G.E., & Brown, J.A. (1993). Social Dynamics in Salmonid Fishes. Animal Behaviour, 45(5), 863-871. DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1993.1107.
-
Bull, J. (2011). Encountering Fish, Flows, and Waterscapes through Angling. Environment and Planning A, 43, 2267-2284. DOI: 10.1068/a4443.
-
Chandroo, K.P., Duncan, I.J.H., & Moccia, R.D. (2004). Can Fish Suffer? Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 86, 225-250. DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2004.02.004.
-
Coates, P. (2006) Salmon. London: Reaktion Books.
-
Copeland, M.W. (2016). Life in Translation. Animal Sentience, 5, 1-3.
-
De Gaudemar, B., Bonzom, J.M., & Beal, E. (2000). Effects of Courtship and Relative Mate Size on Sexual Motivation in Atlantic Salmon. Journal of Fish Biology, 57, 502-515. DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.2000.1331.
-
Frost, A.J., Winrow-Giffen, A., Ashley, P.J., & Sneddon, L.U. (2007). Plasticity in Animal Personality Traits. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 274(1608), 333-339. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3751.
-
Haig-Brown, R. (1946). Silver. London: A&C Black.
-
Haig-Brown, R. (1984) [1941]. Return to the River. Oshkosh: Willow Creek.
-
Hellström, G., Klaminder, J., Finn, F., Persson, L., Alanärä, A., Jonsson, M., Fick, J., & Brodin, T. (2016). GABAergic Anxiolytic Drug in Water Increases Migration Behaviour in Salmon. Nature Communications, 7(13460), 1-7. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13460.
-
Hubbs, C.L. (1936). New Fish Books. Copeia, 1936(4), 240-241.
-
The Humane Society of the United States. (2014). About Fish. Aquaculture, Fish and Fisheries.
-
Key, B. (2015). Fish Do Not Feel Pain and its Implications for Understanding Phenomenal Consciousness. Biology & Philosophy, 30, 149-165. DOI: 10.1007/s10539-014-9469-4
-
Kittilsen, S. (2013). Functional Aspects of Emotions in Fish. Behavioural Processes, 100, 153-159. DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2013.09.002.
-
Kupsala, S., Vinnari, M., Jokinen, P., & Räsänen. (2016). Public Perceptions of Mental Capacities of Nonhuman Animals. Society & Animals. 24(5), 445-466. DOI: 10.1163/15685306-12341423.
-
Law, J., & Lien, M.E. (2017). The Practices of Fishy Sentience. In K. Asdal, T. Druglitrø, & S. Hinchliffe (Eds.), Humans, Animals and Biopolitics (pp. 30-47). New York: Routledge.
-
Lien, M.E. (2015). Becoming Salmon. Oakland: University of California Press.
-
Lund, V., Mejdell, C.M., Röcklinsberg, H., Anthony, R., & Håstein, T. (2007). Expanding the Moral Circle. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 75, 109-118. DOI: 10.3354/dao075109.
-
Morpurgo, M. (2010). Introduction. In H. Williamson, Salar the Salmon. Wimborne Minster: Little Toller Books.
-
New Biological Books. (1937). Brief Notices. The Quarterly Review of Biology, 12(1), 89-134.
-
Rey, S., Huntingford, F.A., Boltaña, S., Vargas, R., Knowles, T.G., & Mackenzie, S. (2015). Fish Can Show Emotional Fever: Stress-Induced Hyperthermia in Zebrafish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 282(1819), 1-7. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2266.
-
Rich, W.H., (1937). Homing of the Pacific Salmon. Science, 85, 486.
-
Roberts, C.G.D. (1907). The Last Barrier. Haunters of the Silences. Boston: L.C.
-
Rooper, G. (1867). The Autobiography of the Late Salmo Salar, Esq. London: Day & Son.
-
Rose, J.D., Arlinghaus, R., Cooke, S.J., Diggles, B.K., Sawynok, W., Stevens, E.D., & Wynne, C.D.L. (2014). Can Fish Really Feel Pain? Fish and Fisheries, 15, 97-133. DOI: 10.1111/faf.12010.
-
Sandlos, J. (2000). From Within Fur and Feathers. TOPIA, 4, 73-91. DOI: 10.3138/topia.4.73
-
Sneddon, L.U. (2009). Pain Perception in Fish. ILAR Journal, 50(4), 338-342. DOI: 10.1093/ ilar.50.4.338.
-
Williamson, H. (1960). The Henry Williamson Animal Saga. London: Book Club Associates.
-
Williamson, H. (2010) [1935]. Salar the Salmon. Wimborne Minster: Little Toller Books.
-
Yue Cottee, S. (2012). Are Fish the Victims of ‘Speciesism’? Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 38, 5-15. DOI: 10.1007/s10695-010-9449-9.
| All Time | Past Year | Past 30 Days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Views | 410 | 120 | 14 |
| Full Text Views | 46 | 14 | 1 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 86 | 30 | 1 |
How to Read Fishes: Science, Empathy, and Salar the Salmon
In: Society & AnimalsSearch for other papers by Candice Allmark-Kent in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Abstract
Despite the interdisciplinarity of human-animal studies, there has been little research about the interactions between science and literature in relation to nonhuman animals. This paper explores the representation of Atlantic salmons (Salmo salar) and brown trouts (Salmo trutta) in Henry Williamson’s classic work of animal fiction, Salar the Salmon (1935). In particular, the analysis focuses on depictions of mental states and subjective experiences in fishes. This work offers the first animal-centric analysis of the text, while also addressing the marginalization of fishes in literary animal studies. The wider purpose is to identify the ways in which fiction can influence public perceptions and encourage empathy in readers. The ultimate aim is to improve our methods of communicating about fishes in both literature and science.
| All Time | Past Year | Past 30 Days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Views | 410 | 120 | 14 |
| Full Text Views | 46 | 14 | 1 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 86 | 30 | 1 |