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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marks, Stuart A., 1939- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wildlife conservation--Social aspects--Luangwa River Valley (Zambia and Mozambique).

Wildlife conservation.

Bisa (Zambian people)--Hunting.

Bisa (Zambian people).

Subsistence hunting--Luangwa River Valley (Zambia and Mozambique).

Subsistence hunting.

Luangwa River Valley (Zambia and Mozambique)--Environmental conditions.

Luangwa River Valley (Zambia and Mozambique).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (544 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] ; Oxford, [England] : berghahn, 2016.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-80758-749-5

1-78533-158-2

OCLC:

966429015