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Insects and human life / Brian Morris.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2004Edition: First editionDescription: xv, 317 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1859738478
  • 9781859738474
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 595.7163096897 22
LOC classification:
  • SF517.3 .M67 2004
Contents:
1. Folk classifications of insects -- 2. Insects as food -- 3. Bees and bee-keeping -- 4. Insects and agriculture -- 5. Household pests and locust swarms -- 6. Insects and disease -- 7. Cultural entomology -- App. Insect life of Malawi.
Review: "How people respond to, make use of, and relate to insects speaks volumes about their culture. In an effort to get to the bottom of our vexed relationship with the insect world, Brian Morris spent years in Malawi, a country where insects proliferate and people contend. In Malawi as in many tropical regions, insects have a profound impact on agriculture, the household, disease and medicine, and hence on oral literature, music, art, folklore, recreation and religion. Much of the complexity of human-insect relations rests on paradox: insects may represent the source of contagion, but they are also integral to many folk remedies for a wide range of illnesses. They may be at the root of catastrophic crop failure, but they can also be a form of sustenance." "Weaving science with personal observations, Morris demonstrates a knowledge of virtually every aspect of human-insect relations. Not only is this book useful in terms of the more practical side of entomology, it also provides a wealth of information on the role of insects in cultural production."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-310) and index.

1. Folk classifications of insects -- 2. Insects as food -- 3. Bees and bee-keeping -- 4. Insects and agriculture -- 5. Household pests and locust swarms -- 6. Insects and disease -- 7. Cultural entomology -- App. Insect life of Malawi.

"How people respond to, make use of, and relate to insects speaks volumes about their culture. In an effort to get to the bottom of our vexed relationship with the insect world, Brian Morris spent years in Malawi, a country where insects proliferate and people contend. In Malawi as in many tropical regions, insects have a profound impact on agriculture, the household, disease and medicine, and hence on oral literature, music, art, folklore, recreation and religion. Much of the complexity of human-insect relations rests on paradox: insects may represent the source of contagion, but they are also integral to many folk remedies for a wide range of illnesses. They may be at the root of catastrophic crop failure, but they can also be a form of sustenance." "Weaving science with personal observations, Morris demonstrates a knowledge of virtually every aspect of human-insect relations. Not only is this book useful in terms of the more practical side of entomology, it also provides a wealth of information on the role of insects in cultural production."--BOOK JACKET.

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