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10%OFFStephanie Karin Rupp - Forests of Belonging - 9780295991061 - V9780295991061
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Forests of Belonging

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Description for Forests of Belonging Paperback. Illustrates the complexity of social ties among groups and individuals, and their connections with the natural world Series: Culture, Place, and Nature. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 illustrations, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFJA; GTB; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 546.

Forests of Belonging examines the history and ongoing transformation of ethnic and social relationships among four distinct communities--Bangando, Baka, Bakwéle, and Mbomam--in the Lobéké forest region of southeastern Cameroon. By slotting forest communities into ecological categories such as "hunters" and "gatherers," previous analyses of social relationships in tropical forests have resulted in binary frameworks that render real-life relationships invisible and that have perpetuated correspondingly misleading labels, such as "pygmy." Through rich descriptive detail resulting from field work among the Bangando, Stephanie Rupp illustrates the complexity of social ties among groups and individuals, and their connections with the natural world. She ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Series
Culture, Place, and Nature
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Seattle, United States
ISBN
9780295991061
SKU
V9780295991061
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About Stephanie Karin Rupp
Stephanie Rupp is assistant professor of anthropology at Lehman College, City University of New York.

Reviews for Forests of Belonging
"Rupp's readable ethnography offers a compelling, convincing update to the anthropological literature on hunter-gatherers. Summing Up: Recommended."
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