ABOVE AND BELOW The distribution of mermaid, siren and sirène place names across Canada and the creation of related tourist attractions

Hayward, P

ABOVE AND BELOW The distribution of mermaid, siren and sirène place names across Canada and the creation of related tourist attractions

Hayward, P

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Publisher:: Shima Publishing
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Shima, 2021, 15, (2), pp. 221-234
Issue Date:: 2021-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Hayward, P https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0018-0174
dc.date.accessioned	2022-07-03T22:52:19Z
dc.date.available	2022-07-03T22:52:19Z
dc.date.issued	2021-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	Shima, 2021, 15, (2), pp. 221-234
dc.identifier.issn	1834-6049
dc.identifier.issn	1834-6057
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/158582
dc.description.abstract	European colonists applied terms from their language cultures to various geographical features in territories they explored, occupied and/or settled in. In Canada this resulted in a number of locations being named after mermaids, the French equivalent, sirènes, or the related term sirens. This article provides a survey of these Canadian place names, including discussions of those few whose name origins are known. It also profiles two sites where the manufacture and installation of mermaid statues has resulted in mermaid:themed location naming and related tourism promotion. Discussion of the two examples leads to consideration of the promotional value of mermaid names, associations and visual branding.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Shima Publishing
dc.publisher	https://shimajournal.org/index.php
dc.relation.ispartof	Shima
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.21463/SHIMA.114
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dc.rights	Shima is a SCOPUS registered peer-refereed academic journal that is published twice a year in open access online form and has been registered with the Directory of Open Access Journals since 2007.
dc.title	ABOVE AND BELOW The distribution of mermaid, siren and sirène place names across Canada and the creation of related tourist attractions
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	15
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/School of Communication
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Abstract:

European colonists applied terms from their language cultures to various geographical features in territories they explored, occupied and/or settled in. In Canada this resulted in a number of locations being named after mermaids, the French equivalent, sirènes, or the related term sirens. This article provides a survey of these Canadian place names, including discussions of those few whose name origins are known. It also profiles two sites where the manufacture and installation of mermaid statues has resulted in mermaid:themed location naming and related tourism promotion. Discussion of the two examples leads to consideration of the promotional value of mermaid names, associations and visual branding.

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