On Hunting

This essay considers the politics of hunting in Guatemala City. Amid the crack and the Christianity, in the service of so much captivity, Alejandro and his pastor track down drug users, as if they are animals, to remind them, in classic Christian fashion, that they are human--that, in the words of s...

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Published in:Critical inquiry 2017-03, Vol.43 (3), p.697-718
Main Author: O’Neill, Kevin Lewis
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Christianity
Clergy
Drug use
Hunting
Ontology
Politics
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Summary:This essay considers the politics of hunting in Guatemala City. Amid the crack and the Christianity, in the service of so much captivity, Alejandro and his pastor track down drug users, as if they are animals, to remind them, in classic Christian fashion, that they are human--that, in the words of so many missionaries before them, it is not enough to be human, one must also act human. These efforts at ontological policing upset an increasingly bundled set of images about pastoralism today.
ISSN:0093-1896
1539-7858
DOI:10.1086/691004