Abstract
Eating wildlife has been a long-standing social custom and its changing pattern reflects the change of complex and diverse social practices in societies. Leveraging on the past social surveys, this article reports the findings of a 2020 survey with 826 completed samples on the current situation and characteristics of public consumption of wildlife in China. We find that the public consumption of wildlife has continued to decline, and that it has ceased to be a popular habit by the majority of our sample. Based on the comparative analysis of the four factors of "gender", "occupation", "age" and "education level", it is found that the current public consumption of wildlife shows the characteristics of "gender differentiation" and "consumption elitism". At the same time, there may be conflict between internal and external tension in the cultivation of public good eating behavior. The article also outlines some future directions of further analysis and research.
| Translated title of the contribution | Gender Differentiation, Consumption Elitism and Institutional Conflict: A Field Report on Wildlife Consumption in China |
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| Original language | Chinese (Traditional) |
| Pages (from-to) | 151-172 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | 香港社會科學學報 |
| Issue number | 58 |
| Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Research Keywords
- 社會調查
- 差異化
- 精英化
- 野生動物
- 衝突性
- Conflict
- Differentiation
- Elitism
- Social investigation
- Wildlife