Humans and Aquatic Animals in Early Modern America and Africa / / Cristina Brito
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| Autore: |
Brito Cristina <1975->
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| Titolo: |
Humans and Aquatic Animals in Early Modern America and Africa / / Cristina Brito
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| Pubblicazione: | Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , [2023] |
| ©2023 | |
| Edizione: | First edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (270 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 591.96 |
| Soggetto topico: | History - Africa |
| Soggetto geografico: | Africa History |
| Soggetto non controllato: | Early modern Americas, Marine environmental history, Marine animals studies, Practices and Perceptions, Indigenous Peoples |
| Nota di contenuto: | Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The case of Matto, the manatee -- 2. Cosmogonies, aquatic deities, and water myths of origin -- 3. Aquatic monsters : From imaginary animals to sharks, caimans, and sea lions -- 4. Beliefs about and practices in nature : From living creatures to resources and symbols -- 5. (Early) modern ‘naturecultures’ : A co‑constructed narrative of the world -- Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book deals with peoples’ practices, perceptions, emotions and feelings towards aquatic animals, their ecosystems and nature on the early modern Atlantic coasts by addressing exploitation, use, fear, empathy, otherness, and indifference in the relationships established with aquatic environments and resources by Indigenous Peoples and Europeans. It focuses on large aquatic fauna, especially manatees (but also sharks, sea turtles, seals, and others) as they were hunted, consumed, venerated, conceptualised, and recorded by different societies across the early colonial Americas and West Africa. Through a cross-cultural approach drawing on concepts and analytical methods from marine environmental history, the blue humanities and animal studies, this book addresses more-than-human systems where ecologies, geographies, cosmogonies, and cultures are an entangled web of interdependencies. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Humans and Aquatic Animals in Early Modern America and Africa |
| ISBN: | 90-485-4485-8 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 996543165903316 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. di Salerno |
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Serie:
Environmental humanities in pre-modern cultures.