United States - Ethnic & Race Relations, Regional Studies - Southern U.S., Social Classes - General & Miscellaneous, Regional Studies - Midwest U.S., Social Status, North Carolina - State & Local History, Hunting - General & Miscellaneous
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Overview
For many Southern men living in or close to rural landscapes, hunting is a passion. But it is not a timeless activity in a cultural void. Whether pursuers of fox or raccoon, deer or rabbits, quail or dove, Southern hunters reveal for Stuart Marks complex patterns of male bonding, social status, and relationships with nature. Marks, who has written two outstanding books on hunting in Africa, was born and has long lived in the South. Examining Southern hunting from frontier times through the antebellum era to the present day, he shows it to be a litmus test of rural identity. "Drawing on the latest anthropological theory, statistical sources, extensive interviews, and historical research, [Marks] has crafted a multifaceted account of Southern hunting. Relations of race, property, gender, and region appear in fresh guises in this innovative and intriguing study. The portrayal of the contemporary state of hunting is especially interesting, revealing both the continuities with the past and the new pressures on the sport."--Virginia Quarterly ReviewBook Details
Published
July 1, 1992
Publisher
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1991.
Pages
352
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780691094526