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heroic, belted with bright, Orion is the classic Western image of the hunter metaphor for how men understand and assert their identites, Through mythology, anthropology, literature, and art, author Charles Bergman offers an original and compelling interpretation of Western masculinity, This book surveys the relationship of hunting to social masculinity, considering time periods from the Paleolithic era, the Grecian, Roman, and MiddleAges, up to the present.
While the book slogs at times, there are many sections that are very interesting,

The author has spent time with numerous groups of hunters in an effort to understand the dynamics of

each group, in what appears ultimately to be a personal quest for a better understanding of what it means to be male.
Groups that he joins for hunts range the gamut of men that are seeking walrus or whale for living, to groups that are seeking the 'fun' of chasing down a deer or fox for sport.


Hunting as an endeavor is considered from many angles: the act of acquiring food in remote areas, the formation of boys clubs e.
g. , the Boy Scouts, the 'sport' of pursuing women, the social and sexual predation exhibited in modern times, and more, The book also explores the various mythologies that come into play related to masculinity, Mythology as such is not just the accounts of male pursuit and seduction, but also what occurs in the male when the tables are turned, and women goddesses such as Venus are the pursuers.
This upsets the dynamics of control, and Bergman looks at groupings of men as hunters as potential bondings of men to form protective strategies against women.
Interesting stuff indeed. A painfully boring read, verbose, pychobabble filled, sideways look at hunting, from wooly mammoth hunting depicted in ancient cave art to today's Inuit whale hunters, as it pertains to the formation of masculinity identity by a man that has never hunted before and that after writing this book became a vegetarian! In other words, I hated this book.
At one point Bergman tries to draw a parallel between psychopathic serial killers like Ted Bundy and the modern deer hunter! If you're interested in a philosophical look at hunting try Ortega y Gasset's Meditations on Hunting.
For a history of white tail deer hunting in North America, check out Robert Wegner, nice book philosophy about hunting There was lots of stuff I really liked about this book, It is about a guy trying to understand man as the hunter, He does this by going off with hunting parties and killing things, He also does very interesting readings of myths Ovid, that sort of thing,

Once you strip away all the layers our fundamental belief is that man is the hunter and woman the gatherer, It is fascinating to watch Bergman tilt this particular glass in his hands so we can see it from a vast number of perspectives, A writer and photographer, Charles Bergman has lived nearly his whole life in the Pacific Northwest, Hes a long time teacher of English at Pacific Lutheran University, Hes the author of four books, including Wild Echoes: Encounters with the Most Endangered Animals in North America, Hes written extensively on wildlife and animals in national magazines, including Smithsonian, Audubon and Natural History and National Geographic, His article on wildlife trafficking in Latin America was the cover story in Smithsonian, His work springs from a wild dedication to the Earth and its creatures, His writing and photography have won several awards, including the Washington State Book Award, Southwest Book Award, Ben Franklin Book Award, and he was a A writer and photographer, Charles Bergman has lived nearly his whole life in the Pacific Northwest.
Hes a long time teacher of English at Pacific Lutheran University, Hes the author of four books, including Wild Echoes: Encounters with the Most Endangered Animals in North America, Hes written extensively on wildlife and animals in national magazines, including Smithsonian, Audubon and Natural History and National Geographic, His article on wildlife trafficking in Latin America was the cover story in Smithsonian, His work springs from a wild dedication to the Earth and its creatures, His writing and photography have won several awards, including the Washington State Book Award, Southwest Book Award, Ben Franklin Book Award, and he was a PEN USA Literary Award finalist.
He has a particular love for the Southern Hemisphere and has completed two Fulbright Fellowships, in Mexico and Ecuador, He has taught study tours in Antarctica six times, sitelink.