 | At Home in the Okavango: White Batswana Narratives of Emplacement and Belonging Subjects: Whites -- Race identity -- Botswana -- Okavango River Delta; Whites -- Cultural assimilation -- Botswana -- Okavango River Delta; Tourism -- Social aspects -- Botswana -- Okavango River Delta; Okavango River Delta (Botswana) -- Race relations; 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. Catie Gressier is a McArthur Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. Catie Gressier is a McArthur Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. |
