TY - BOOK ID - 118089291 TI - At Home in the Okavango PY - 2015 SN - 9781782387749 1782387749 9781782387732 1782387730 PB - New York Oxford DB - UniCat KW - White people-Race identity-Botswana-Okavango River Delta. KW - White people-Cultural assimilation-Botswana-Okavango River Delta. KW - Tourism-Social aspects-Botswana-Okavango River Delta. KW - Okavango River Delta (Botswana)-Race relations. KW - White people KW - Tourism KW - Race identity KW - Cultural assimilation KW - Social aspects KW - Okavango River Delta (Botswana) KW - Race relations. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:118089291 AB - 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. ER -