ISBN:
9780203684221
Language:
English
Pages:
vi, 254 Seiten
Edition:
London Routledge$h2000 2009 1 Online-Ressource
Edition:
New York
Series Statement:
European Association of Social Anthropologists
Parallel Title:
Elektronische Reproduktion von Natural enemies
DDC:
304.2
Keywords:
Human-animal relationships
;
Animals Folklore
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Anthropologie
;
Ökologie
;
Naturschutz
Abstract:
"Natural Enemies examines people-wildlife conflicts from a social anthropological perspective. The authors focus on the human dimension of these conflicts - an area often neglected by specialists in applied ecology and wildlife management - and on their social and political contexts. Case studies of specific conflicts are drawn from Africa, Asia, Europe and America, and feature an assortment of wild animals and birds, including chimpanzees, elephants, wild pigs, foxes, bears, wolves, pigeons and ducks." "Examining the symbolic, as well as material, dimensions of wildlife pestilence, anthropologists can reveal the cultural character of many of our 'natural enemies'. These reports from the 'front line' show that human conflict with wildlife is often an expression of conflict between people."--Jacket
Abstract:
Wildlife depradations in Malawi : the historical dimensions / Brian Morris -- Half-man, half-elephant : shapeshifting among the Baka of Congo / Axel Köhler -- Chimpanzees as political animals in Sierra Leone / Paul Richards -- Wild pigs, 'pig-men' and transmigrants in the rainforest of Sumatra / Simon Rye -- Animals behaving badly : indigenous perceptions of wildlife protection n Nepal / Ben Campbell -- Culling demons : the problem of bears in Japan / John Knight -- The wolf, the Saami and the urban shaman : predator symbolism in Sweden / Galinda Lindquist -- The problem of foxes : legitimate and illegitimate killing in the English countyside / Garry Marvin -- The great pigeon massacre in a deindustrializing American region / S. Hoon Song -- Ducks out of water : nature conservation as boundary maintenance / Kay Milton.
Note:
English
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