Culture and the Environment in the Himalaya
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ISBN-13:
9780415778831
Veröffentl:
2010
Erscheinungsdatum:
04.01.2010
Seiten:
238
Autor:
Arjun Guneratne
Gewicht:
540 g
Format:
234x156x16 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Drawing on Himalayan ethnography to interrogate and critique contemporary theorizing about the environment, this book examines how the environment is conceptualized among different social groups in the region. A new approach to the study of the environment in South Asia, this book introduces the new thinking in environmental anthropology and geography into the study of the Himalaya.
1. Downward Spiral? Interrogating Narratives of Environmental Change in the Himalaya 2. Healing Landscapes: Sacred and Rational Nature in Nepal's Ayurvedic Medicine 3. Perceptions of Forests Amongst the Yakkha of East Nepal: Exploring the Social and Cultural Context 4. A Forest Community or Community Forestry? Beliefs, Meanings and Nature in North-Western Nepal 5. Where God's Children Live: Symbolizing Forests in Nepal 6. Clear Mountains, Blurred Horizons: Limbu Perceptions of Their Physical World 7. The Role of Religion in Conservation and Degradation of Forests: Examples from the Kumaun Himalaya 8. The Abuse of Religion and Ecology: The Vishva Hindu Parishad and Tehri Dam 9. Restoration and Revival: Remembering the Bagmati Civilization 10. Beyond Cultural Models of the Environment: Linking Subjectivities of Dwelling and Power
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