Buch, Englisch, 308 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 680 g
An Anthropological Study of People-Wildlife Relations
Buch, Englisch, 308 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 680 g
Reihe: Oxford Studies in Social & Cultural Anthropology
ISBN: 978-0-19-925518-4
Verlag: Oxford University Press
This title examines the proposal to reintroduce the wolf in Japan by drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and shows that conflicts with wildlife are inextricably bound up with social conflict among people, and that wildlife pestilence must therefore be understood in terms of its symbolic, as well as material dimensions.
In the 1990s a Japanese conservationist group, inspired by North American examples, launched a campaign for the reintroduction of the wolf in Japan. In addition to restoring Japan's natural heritage, the main reason offered for its reintroduction is that
Introduction; 1. Mountain Villages; 2. Wild Boar; 3. Monkeys; 4. Deer and Serow; 5. Bears; 6. Wolves; Conclusion
