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Zerbst, Fiona
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2019-07-15T13:06:14Z |
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2019 |
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The literary and cinematic trope of the great white hunter, which was prominent in the mid-twentieth century, had its roots in the trophy-hunting traditions of predominantly Europeans who visited southern Africa in the 1900s. While sport hunting reached its apogee between 1870 and 1914, a new breed of hunters (many of them aristocrats, tycoons or industrialists) was subsequently drawn to southern Africa for the ‘safari’ experience. Great white hunters were ‘safari guides’ with sufficient knowledge and experience to guide hunting parties in the region, which became a playground for wealthy elites. This article examines a selection of South African English-language poems that engage with the great white hunter trope. It contextualizes the ‘legend’ of the great white hunter within the history of sport or trophy hunting in South Africa, from the 1800s to the present. |
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English |
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2020-11-27 |
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hj2019 |
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https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/racr20 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Fiona Zerbst (2019) ‘The Small Man with the Big Weapon’: An Examination of Representations of the Great White Hunter in South African English-Language Poetry, English Academy Review, 36:1, 84-99, DOI: 10.1080/10131752.2019.1603895. |
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1013-1752 (print) |
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1753-5360 (online) |
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10.1080/10131752.2019.1603895 |
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http://hdl.handle.net/2263/70714 |
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en |
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Routledge |
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© The English Academy of Southern Africa 2019. This is an electronic version of an article published in English Academy Review, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 84-99, 2019. doi : 10.1080/10131752.2019.1603895. English Academy Review is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.comloi/racr20. |
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Tatamkulu Afrika |
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Conservation |
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Stephen Gray |
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Great white hunter |
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Hunting |
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Douglas Livingstone |
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William Plomer |
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Andrew Renard |
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South Africa (SA) |
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Trophy hunting |
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Wendy Woodward |
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dc.title |
‘The small man with the big weapon’ : an examination of representations of the great white hunter in South African English-language poetry |
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Postprint Article |
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