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Informationen zum Autor John Knight is Lecturer at the School of Anthropological Studies, Queen's University of Belfast. Since 1987 he has regularly carried out field research in Japanese mountain villages and has published widely on various subjects related to rural Japan, including wildlife. Klappentext Wild animals and pests raid crops, attack livestock, and can threaten people. Conflicts with wildlife are widespread, assume a variety of forms, and elicit a range of human responses. For the anthropologists, people-wildlife conflicts readily invite symbolic analysis. This volume examines people-wildlife conflicts in Europe, Africa and Asia from an anthropological perspective. Zusammenfassung For the anthropologists, people-wildlife conflicts readily invite symbolic analysis. This volume examines people-wildlife conflicts in Europe, Africa and Asia from an anthropological perspective. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction, KnightJohn; Chapter 2 Wildlife depredations in Malawi, Brian Morris; Chapter 3 Half-man, half-elephant, AxelKöhler; Chapter 4 Chimpanzees as political animals in Sierra Leone, Paul Richards; Chapter 5 Wild pigs, ‘pig-men’ and transmigrants in the rainforest of Sumatra, Simon Rye; Chapter 6 Animals behaving badly, Ben Campbell; Chapter 7 Culling demons, John Knight; Chapter 8 The wolf, the Saami and the urban shaman, Galina Lindquist; Chapter 9 The problem of foxes, Garry Marvin; Chapter 10 The Great Pigeon Massacre in a deindustrializing American region, S. Hoon Song; Chapter 11 Ducks out of water, Kay Milton;
