The Popularity of Baiting in England before 1600: A Study in Social and Theatrical History

Brownstein, Oscar

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“…During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, dogfighting, similar to other animal baiting entertainment, was popular and enjoyed support from royalty, and many noblemen became commercial dog breeders (Evans and Forsyth 1997). Aristocrats also bet on their own dogs in fights pitting dogs against bears (Brownstein 1969). The popularity of dogfighting reached its peak in the eighteenth century, when dog fights were a common sight at festivals and folk celebrations (Kalof and Taylor 2007;Harding 2012).…”

Section: Historical and Geographical Aspects Of Dogfightingmentioning

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Illegal dogfighting: sport or crime?

Siegel

Uhm

2021

Trends Organ Crim

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In recent years there is increasing public attention for dog fighting in Europe. This article focuses on this phenomenon in the Netherlands: its organisation, various actors, modus operandi and possible involvement of organized crime. This qualitative research is based on semi-structured interviews, analysis of police files, observations and online methods. As the result of criminalisation, dogfighting in the Netherlands went underground, creating an illegal market and a sub-culture of dogmen and dogwomen involved. Reputation, status and trust are among the most prominent features of this sub-culture, which is manifested in their analysed communications.

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Section: Historical and Geographical Aspects Of Dogfightingmentioning

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Illegal dogfighting: sport or crime?

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Uhm

2021

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“…Powerful dogs such as the mastiff were particularly admired by the English. As a descendent of the "bandogge," a dog who was collared and tied up during the day but allowed to roam at night as protection, mastiff dogs were trained to kill in defense of their owners, and the training used bears as substitutes for humans because of the bear's similarity to humans in form and shape (Brownstein, 1969). Other animals were used as training exercises to make dogs aggressive and willing to fight to the death, particularly bears and bulls both of whom were used as bait animals.…”

Section: Dogfighting: a Ritual Sustained By The Masculine Need For Vamentioning

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Animal Blood Sport: A Ritual Display of Masculinity and Sexual Virility

Kalof

2014

Sociology of Sport Journal

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Blood sport-the practice of pitting animals against each other (or against humans) in bloody combat to the death-is a tragic form of human entertainment that has been resilient since antiquity. While animal blood sport is a form of human driven sport related violence that involves the abuse and suffering of other animals (Young 2012), it also provides an "identity prop" (Dunning 1999): all male competitive sports and games provide men with a way to demonstrate masculinity by feminizing opponents (Dundes 1997). This theoretical argument has not been systematically analyzed in the sociology of sport, and my essay is an attempt to fill that gap. I examine animal blood sport with a focus on its connection to the validation of masculinity and heterosexuality.Le sport sanglant-la pratique de faire s'affronter des animaux les uns contre les autres (ou contre des humains) dans un combat sanguinaire à mort-est une forme tragique de divertissement humain qui persiste depuis l'antiquité. Alors que le sport sanglant animal est une forme de violence sportive dont les humains sont à l'origine et qui implique l'abus et la souffrance d'autres animaux (Young, 2012), il fournit aussi un « référent identitaire » (Dunning, 1999) : tous les sports et des jeux compétitifs masculins fournissent aux hommes une opportunité de démontrer leur masculinité en féminisant leurs adversaires (Dundes, 1997). Cet argument théorique n'a pas été analysé systématiquement en sociologie du sport, et mon essai est une tentative de combler ce vide. J'examine le sport animal sanglant en m'attardant sur sa connexion avec la validation de la masculinité et de l'hétérosexualité.

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“…Accordingly, the mastiff was not allowed to roam in the forests (unless his feet were maimed so he could not run with any speed), but instead was kept close by to protect his people and his people's private property. As a descendent of the "bandogge," a dog who was collared and tied up during the day but allowed to roam at night to protect property, the mastiff was trained to kill in defense of a master by using a bear as a human substitute (Brownstein 1969). Other animals were used as training exercises to make dogs aggressive and willing to fight to the death, including boars, chimpanzees, and even horses.…”

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The Discourse of Dog Fighting

Kalof

Taylor

2007

Humanity & Society

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In this essay, we discuss dog fighting as a blood sport with a history embedded in the status-driven display of masculinity, power and violence. Based on published reports and interviews with those living and working in dog fighting neighborhoods, we show that the contemporary cultural knowledge of dog fighting is a discourse with multiple meanings: for those who pit dogs against each other, for the worried public, for those who are charged with law enforcement, and for the dogs themselves. We conclude with an argument that the discourse of dog fighting might best be approached from the perspective of green criminology with a focus on those who are most abused by the crime: the fighting dogs. REFLEXIVE STATEMENTSLinda Kalof writes for both academic and general readers on the representation of animals in western culture. Her current project is a historiography of animal imagery in blood sports and other human rituals and how those depictions are linked to the devaluation of marginalized social groups.

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The Popularity of Baiting in England before 1600: A Study in Social and Theatrical History

Cited by 8 publications

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Illegal dogfighting: sport or crime?

Illegal dogfighting: sport or crime?

Animal Blood Sport: A Ritual Display of Masculinity and Sexual Virility

The Discourse of Dog Fighting

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