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Deep Trout - Angling in Popular Culture (Paperback, illustrated edition)
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Deep Trout - Angling in Popular Culture (Paperback, illustrated edition)
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On the surface, fishing is all about casting, catching and
communing with nature, but on a deeper level, the sport is filled
with mysteries and contradictions. Why do people fish? How does a
desire to return to nature go hand in hand with high-tech gadgetry?
How is it possible to see other people's fishing as despoiling
nature but not one's own? What does the long and complex history of
the sport reveal? Like so much else in life, what fishing says
about society and the people in it -- both past and present -- is
hidden from view and almost never discussed.
This book is a considered foray into the leisure sport of fishing
by an avid fisherman who is also a professional anthropologist.
Those who enjoy the sport tend to extol its naturalness - fishing
enables them to commune with nature at its most primeval. However,
if it's called natural, it's probably a great spot to trawl for
clues as to how people manage larger cosmic issues. 'Call it
natural, ' the author quips, 'and the anthropologists will come.'
Is fishing an uncomplicated activity, or is it deeply meaningful?
What does it say about culture? Is the recent resurgence of
interest in the sport simply a reflection of more disposable
incomes and more leisure time? What is the connection between
fishing and Santa Claus? fishing and flamenco? And finally, what is
the best way to kiss a trout? Unlike most books on fishing, which
focus on the tale or on 'how-to', this book shows that there is
much more lurking beneath the surface than fish.
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