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At Home in the Okavango: White Batswana Narratives of Emplacement and Belonging
Catie Gressier
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Description for At Home in the Okavango: White Batswana Narratives of Emplacement and Belonging
Hardback. An ethnography of the lives of white citizens of the Okavango Delta, Botswana, this book examines their relationships with the natural and social environments of the region. Num Pages: 260 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474.
An ethnographic portrayal of the lives of white citizens of the Okavango Delta, Botswana, this book examines their relationships with the natural and social environments of the region. In response to the insecurity of their position as a European-descended minority in a postcolonial African state, Gressier argues that white Batswana have developed cultural values and practices that have allowed them to attain high levels of belonging. Adventure is common for this frontier community, and the book follows their safari lifestyles as they construct and perform localized identities in their interactions with dangerous wildlife, the broader African community, and the global ... Read more
An ethnographic portrayal of the lives of white citizens of the Okavango Delta, Botswana, this book examines their relationships with the natural and social environments of the region. In response to the insecurity of their position as a European-descended minority in a postcolonial African state, Gressier argues that white Batswana have developed cultural values and practices that have allowed them to attain high levels of belonging. Adventure is common for this frontier community, and the book follows their safari lifestyles as they construct and perform localized identities in their interactions with dangerous wildlife, the broader African community, and the global ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782387732
SKU
V9781782387732
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Ref
99-15
About Catie Gressier
Catie Gressier is a McArthur Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne.
Reviews for At Home in the Okavango: White Batswana Narratives of Emplacement and Belonging
[This book] is a beautifully written, well-argued, and insightful piece of work, full of fascinating and important observations. It addresses key issues in Africa, including those surrounding questions of identity, belonging, and citizenship.
Robert K. Hitchcock, University of New Mexico at Albuquerque The ethnography presented in this important book is original and rich, analyzed in a theoretically ... Read more
Robert K. Hitchcock, University of New Mexico at Albuquerque The ethnography presented in this important book is original and rich, analyzed in a theoretically ... Read more