LEADER 04280oam 2200733I 450 001 9910450906303321 005 20200626122338.0 010 $a1-000-18318-1 010 $a1-000-18981-3 010 $a1-003-08571-7 010 $a1-4742-1495-9 010 $a1-282-54552-3 010 $a9786612545528 010 $a1-84520-949-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000407779 035 $a(EBL)487182 035 $a(OCoLC)191662589 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000179734 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11168956 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000179734 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10138731 035 $a(PQKB)10578923 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC487182 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL487182 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10193729 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL254552 035 $a(OCoLC)893334837 035 $a(OCoLC)1158313768 035 $a(OCoLC-P)1158313768 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9781003085713 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000407779 100 $a20200615e20202004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||unuuu 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInsects and human life /$fBrian Morris 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York, NY :$cRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (333 p.) 300 $a"First published 2004 by Berg Publishers." 311 $a1-85973-847-8 311 $a1-84520-075-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 291-310) and index. 327 $aFolk classifications of insects -- Insects as food -- Bees and beekeeping -- Insects and agriculture -- Household pests and locust swarms -- Insects and disease -- Cultural entomology. 330 $aThis pioneering book looks at the importance of insects to culture. While in the developed West a good deal of time and money may be spent trying to exterminate insects, in other cultures human-insect relations can be far more subtle and multi-faceted. Like animals, insects may be revered or reviled - and in some tribal communities insects may be the only source of food available. How people respond to, make use of, and relate to insects speaks volumes about their culture. In an effort to get to the bottom of our vexed relationship with the insect world, Brian Morris spent years in Malawi, a country where insects proliferate and people contend. In Malawi as in many tropical regions, insects have a profound impact on agriculture, the household, disease and medicine, and hence on oral literature, music, art, folklore, recreation and religion. Much of the complexity of human-insect relations rests on paradox: insects may represent the source of contagion, but they are also integral to many folk remedies for a wide range of illnesses. They may be at the root of catastrophic crop failure, but they can also be a form of sustenance.Weaving science with personal observations, Morris demonstrates a profound and intimate knowledge of virtually every aspect of human-insect relations. Not only is this book extraordinarily useful in terms of the more practical side of entomology, it also provides a wealth of information on the role of insects in cultural production. Malawian proverbs alone provide many such delightful examples - 'Bemberezi adziwa nyumba yake' ('The carpenter bee knows his own home'). This final volume in Morris' trilogy on Malawi's animal and insect worlds is certain to become a classic study of uncharted territory - the insect world that surrounds us and how we relate to it. Praise for The Power of Animals:Although based upon examination of a single culture, Morris incorporates ecological and anthropological concepts that expand this study of 606 $aBeneficial insects$zMalawi 606 $aInsect pests$zMalawi 606 $aBeneficial insects$xEcology$zMalawi 606 $aInsects$xEcology$zMalawi 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aBeneficial insects 615 0$aInsect pests 615 0$aBeneficial insects$xEcology 615 0$aInsects$xEcology 676 $a595.716/3/096897 700 $aMorris$b Brian$f1936-$0985608 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450906303321 996 $aInsects and human life$92252909 997 $aUNINA