San and the State Contesting Land, Development, Identity and Representation (History, Cultural Traditions and Innovations in Southern Africa Bd. 18) - Hardcover

Inhaltsangabe

Der vorliegende Band umfasst neun Beiträge, die aus jüngsten ethnologischen Forschungen bei San-Gemeinschaften im südlichen Afrika hervorgingen. Die Autoren beleuchten die gegenwärtige Situation verschiedener San-Gruppen in Botswana, Namibia und Südafrika. Alle Beiträge befassen sich mit dem Verhältnis zwischen den San und dem Staat sowie deren Auswirkungen auf das Leben lokaler Gemeinschaften. Während die Mehrheit der gegenwärtigen Forschungsarbeiten externe Einflüsse betonen, sollen in diesem Band lokale Faktoren hervorgehoben werden. Beiträge: Thekla Hohmann: San and the State – An Introduction Ute Dieckmann: The Impact of Nature Conservation on San – A Case Study of Etosha National Park Thomas Widlok: The Needy, the Greedy, and the State – Dividing Haikom Land in the Oshikoto Region Ina Orth: Identity as Dissociation – The Khwe's Struggle for Land in West Caprivi Gertrud Boden: 'Caught in the Middle' – Impacts of State Decisions and Armed Conflicts on Khwe Economy and Ethnicity in West Caprivi between 1998 and 2002 Thekla Hohmann: 'We are Looking for Life. We are Looking for the Conservancy'. Namibian Conservancies, Nature Conservation, and Rural Development – The Náa-Jaqna Conservancy Michael Taylor: 'Wilderness', 'Development', and San Ethnicity in Contemporary Botswana Michael Bollig: Between Welfare and Bureaucratic Domination – The San of Ghanzi and Kgalagadi Districts Susanne Berzborn: 'Ek is 'n Nama, want ek praat die taal' – The Richtersveld and the National Language Policy in South Africa Steven Robins: NGOs, 'Bushmen' and Double Vision – The ákhomani San Land Claim and the Cultural Politics of 'Community' and 'Development' in the Kalahari Rezension This is a refreshing book for two reasons. First, there are no contributions by scholars based in North America. Thus it would appear to signify a break from the academic hegemony of North American scholars on those now labeled "San". Second, it does not have a chapter focusing on those most famous of San, the Ju/'hoansi immortalized in John Marshall's films and the ethnographies of Lee and Biesele. By broadening and internationalizing the scholarly enterprise, this volume shows how much more complex both the San and their scholarship are. [...] This is a most worthwhile volume. (Robert Gordon in "African Studies Review" 47/1, 2004 S. 217-218)

Die Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.