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Description: |
1 online resource (vi, 254 pages) |
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General Note: |
"European Association of Social Anthropologists"--Ser. title page |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: 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. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Review: "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 |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Print version: Natural enemies. London ; New York : Routledge, 2000 ISBN 0415224403 (DLC) 00056127 (OCoLC)44509232 |
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Elect. Loc./Access: |
ebrary http://site.ebrary.com/id/10647667 |
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https://archive.org/details/naturalenemiespe0000unse Free eBook from the Internet Archive |
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https://openlibrary.org/books/OL6791905M Additional information and access via Open Library |