At Home in the Okavango : : White Batswana Narratives of Emplacement and Belonging / / Catie Gressier.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Gressier, Catie,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (258 p.)

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 elite via their work in the nature-tourism industry.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Maps -- Acknowledgements -- Maps -- Introduction. Waiting for the Flood -- Chapter 1 Connections to the Natural Environment -- Chapter 2 Photographic Tourism, Emplacement and Belonging -- Chapter 3 Hunting and Ambiguity in Belonging -- Chapter 4 Belonging and the Nation -- Chapter 5 Race Relations and Community Ties in the Okavango -- Conclusion. Making a Plan to Belong -- Bibliography -- Index