Wake of the Whale - Hunter Societies in the Caribbean and North Atlantic

Informationen zum Autor Russell Fielding is Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies in the HTC Honors College at Coastal Carolina University. A Fulbright scholar, he has been awarded fellowships from the Nansen Fund, the Faroese Research Council, the University of Montana Global Leadership Initiative, and the American Geographical Society and has been interviewed by National Geographic , PBS, and 18 Degrees North . He served as a consultant on two documentary films, The Archipelago , by Benjamin Huguet, and Faroe Islands: Message from the Sea , by PBS Frontline/World. Since 2005 Fielding has been studying artisanal whaling traditions throughout the Atlantic, with field sites in the Faroe Islands, Newfoundland, and St. Vincent. Klappentext Despite declining stocks and health risks, island communities in the Caribbean and North Atlantic still use traditional methods to hunt whales and dolphins for food. Russell Fielding presents the art, history, and purpose of whaling in these different cultures and describes what their future might look like as modern realities take hold. Zusammenfassung Despite declining stocks and health risks! island communities in the Caribbean and North Atlantic still use traditional methods to hunt whales and dolphins for food. Russell Fielding presents the art! history! and purpose of whaling in these different cultures and describes what their future might look like as modern realities take hold.

Product details

• Authors: Russell Fielding
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9780674986374
• ISBN: 978-0-674-98637-4
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, SPORTS & RECREATION / Hunting, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Conservation of the environment, Social and cultural anthropology, Aquaculture & Fish-Farming: Practice & Techniques, Aquaculture and fish-farming