03676nam 2200637 450 991079269210332120161213094720.01-78533-158-210.1515/9781785331589(CKB)3710000000971944(MiAaPQ)EBC4403158(DE-B1597)636816(DE-B1597)9781785331589(EXLCZ)99371000000097194420161226h20162016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierLife as a hunt thresholds of identities and illusions on an African landscape /Stuart A. MarksNew York, [New York] ;Oxford, [England] :berghahn,2016.©20161 online resource (544 pages)1-78533-157-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction On Poaching an Elephant : Calling the Shots and Following the Ricochets -- History and Circumstance: On becoming and Being Bisa -- Creating and Sustaining a Good Life within a Difficult Environment -- Never an Isolated Place Suspended in A-Historic Space -- A Cultural Grid : Making Sense of the Natural World -- Caused to Hunt : Life Histories of Three Generations (1903-2003) -- Gameful Pursuits in the Bush : coping with Process and Uncertainty -- Lineage Provisioning through Hunting : Changes in Scope and Scale -- Muzzle-loaders and Snares : Weapons within their Cultural Contexts -- Buffalo Mystique : Protein, Privilege, Power and Politics -- On Coping within a Cornucopia of Uncertain, Constant Changes -- Afterword : Readings "Out Loud" about Land and Wildlife as Properties.The "extensive wilderness" of Zambia’s central Luangwa Valley is the homeland of the Valley Bisa whose cultural practices have enriched this environment for centuries. Beginning with the intrusions of warlords and later British colonials, successive generations have experienced the callousness and challenges of colonialism. Their homeland, a slender corridor surrounded by three national parks and an escarpment, is a microcosm of the political, economic and cultural battlefields surrounding most African protected areas today. The story of the Valley Bisa diverges from the myths that conservationists, administrators, and philanthropists, tell about Africa’s environmental and wildlife crises.Wildlife conservationSocial aspectsLuangwa River Valley (Zambia and Mozambique)Bisa (Zambian people)HuntingSubsistence huntingLuangwa River Valley (Zambia and Mozambique)Luangwa River Valley (Zambia and Mozambique)Environmental conditionsafricas environmental and wildlife crises.anthropologists.callousness and challenges of colonialism.conservationists.enriched environment for centuries.homeland of valley bisa.intrusion of warlords and british colonials.most african protected areas.story of valley bisa.three national parks and escarpment.zambia.zambias central luangwa valley.Wildlife conservationSocial aspectsBisa (Zambian people)Hunting.Subsistence hunting305.896/391Marks Stuart A.1939-1481349MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792692103321Life as a hunt3698246UNINA