Stuart A Marks

Large Mammals and a Brave People

Subsistence Hunters in Zambia

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Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on data collected during his fieldwork among the Bisa continuing since the 1960s, Stuart Marks describes the changes that have occurred in hunting patterns, the sociological variables that govern an individual's decision to become a hunter, and the common cosmological convictions that hunters bring to their profession.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 326
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 603g
• ISBN-13: 9781138526907
• ISBN-10: 1138526908
• Artikelnr.: 69947441

Autorenporträt

Stuart A. Marks

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Preface I. Preliminaries and Introduction to the Study PART
ONE: The Culture and Society of the Valley Bisa II. History and Population
Characteristics of the Valley Bisa III. Social and Ideological Organization
IV. Technology, Subsistence, and Seasonal Activities PART TWO: Cultural
Dimensions of the Hunting Process V. Hunting in Prologue and Process VI.
Programming a Hunter VII. Drama of the Hunt PART THREE: Configurations of
the Hunting System VIII. Description of Habitats and Bisa Influences IX.
Population Structure and Ecology of the Larger Mammals X. Valley Bisa
Hunters and Their Prey XI. Prospects for the Future