Imagining Serengeti : a history of landscape memory in Tanzania from earliest times to the present / Jan Bender Shetler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shetler, Jan Bender.

Series:

New African histories series.

New African histories series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Landscape assessment--Tanzania--Serengeti National Park.

Landscape assessment.

Landscape changes--Tanzania--Serengeti National Park.

Landscape changes.

Landscapes--Social aspects--Tanzania--Serengeti National Park.

Landscapes.

Geographical perception--Tanzania--Serengeti National Park.

Geographical perception.

Oral tradition--Tanzania--Serengeti National Park.

Oral tradition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : Ohio University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Many students come to African history with a host of stereotypes that are not always easy to dislodge. One of the most common is that of Africa as safari grounds-as the land of expansive, unpopulated game reserves untouched by civilization and preserved in their original pristine state by the tireless efforts of contemporary conservationists. With prose that is elegant in its simplicity and analysis that is forceful and compelling, Jan Bender Shetler brings the landscape memory of the Serengeti to life. She demonstrates how the social identities of western Serengeti peoples are embedded in sp

Contents:

Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction Landscapes of Memory; 1 Ecological Landscapes; 2 Social Landscapes; 3 Sacred Landscapes; 4 The Time of Disasters; 5 Resistance to Colonial Incorporation; 6 The Creation of Serengeti National Park; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-360) and index.

ISBN:

9780821442432

0821442430

OCLC:

889675564