320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
320 Pages
by
Routledge
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This pioneering book looks at the importance of insects to culture. While in the developed West a good deal of time and money may be spent trying to exterminate insects, in other cultures human-insect relations can be far more subtle and multi-faceted. Like animals, insects may be revered or reviled - and in some tribal communities insects may be the only source of food available. How people... Read more
Folk Classification of Insects * Insects as Food * Bees and Bee-Keeping * Insects and Agriculture * Household Pests and Locust Swarms * Insects and Disease * Cultural Entomology * Appendix: Insect Life of Malawi
Biography
Brian Morris is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, Goldsmiths College, University of London
