LEADER 03676nam 2200637 450 001 9910792692103321 005 20161213094720.0 010 $a1-78533-158-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9781785331589 035 $a(CKB)3710000000971944 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4403158 035 $a(DE-B1597)636816 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781785331589 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000971944 100 $a20161226h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aLife as a hunt $ethresholds of identities and illusions on an African landscape /$fStuart A. Marks 210 1$aNew York, [New York] ;$aOxford, [England] :$cberghahn,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (544 pages) 311 $a1-78533-157-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction 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. 330 $aThe "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. 606 $aWildlife conservation$xSocial aspects$zLuangwa River Valley (Zambia and Mozambique) 606 $aBisa (Zambian people)$xHunting 606 $aSubsistence hunting$zLuangwa River Valley (Zambia and Mozambique) 607 $aLuangwa River Valley (Zambia and Mozambique)$xEnvironmental conditions 610 $aafricas environmental and wildlife crises. 610 $aanthropologists. 610 $acallousness and challenges of colonialism. 610 $aconservationists. 610 $aenriched environment for centuries. 610 $ahomeland of valley bisa. 610 $aintrusion of warlords and british colonials. 610 $amost african protected areas. 610 $astory of valley bisa. 610 $athree national parks and escarpment. 610 $azambia. 610 $azambias central luangwa valley. 615 0$aWildlife conservation$xSocial aspects 615 0$aBisa (Zambian people)$xHunting. 615 0$aSubsistence hunting 676 $a305.896/391 700 $aMarks$b Stuart A.$f1939-$01481349 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792692103321 996 $aLife as a hunt$93698246 997 $aUNINA