At Home in the Okavango - White Batswana Narratives of Emplacement and Belonging

Zusatztext 68286860 Informationen zum Autor Catie Gressier is a McArthur Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. Klappentext First anthropological study of the white citizens of the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Rare insights into the controversial practice of safari hunting, which has since been banned in Botswana. Contribution to theory surrounding autochthony/indigeneity. Zusammenfassung First anthropological study of the white citizens of the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Rare insights into the controversial practice of safari hunting, which has since been banned in Botswana. Contribution to theory surrounding autochthony/indigeneity. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Maps Acknowledgments Introduction: Waiting for the Flood Chapter 1. Connections to the Natural Environment Chapter 2. Photographic Tourism, Emplacement and Belonging Chapter 3. Hunting and Ambiguity in Belonging Chapter 4. Belonging and the Nation Chapter 5. Race Relations and Community Ties in the Okavango Conclusion: Making a Plan to Belong Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Catie Gressier, Gressier Catie
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2015
• EAN: 9781782387732
• ISBN: 978-1-78238-773-2
• No. of pages: 258
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Botswana, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social and cultural anthropology, Anthropology (General)