Life as a hunt : thresholds of identities and illusions on an African landscape / / Stuart A. Marks

• Autore: Marks Stuart A. <1939->
• Pubblicazione: New York, [New York] ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : berghahn, , 2016; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (544 pages)
• Disciplina: 305.896/391
• Soggetto topico: Wildlife conservation - Social aspects - Luangwa River Valley (Zambia and Mozambique); Bisa (Zambian people) - Hunting; Subsistence hunting - Luangwa River Valley (Zambia and Mozambique)
• Soggetto geografico: Luangwa River Valley (Zambia and Mozambique) Environmental conditions
• Soggetto non controllato: africas 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
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Life as a hunt
• ISBN: 1-78533-158-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792692103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II