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Autore |
Wagner Anja <1979-> |
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Titolo |
The Gaddi beyond pastoralism [[electronic resource] ] : making place in the Indian Himalayas / / Anja Wagner |
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New York, : Berghahn Books, 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (214 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Gaddis (Indic people) - India, North |
Human ecology - India, North |
India, North Environmental conditions |
Himalaya Mountains Region Environmental conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration and Spelling; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 - The Study of Environment Reconsidered; Chapter 2 - The Gaddi in Images; Chapter 3 - A Sheep for Shiva; Chapter 4 - Doing Kinship, Doing Place; Chapter 5 - Walking; Chapter 6 - Visiting the Deities, Enacting the Mountains; Chapter 7 - Environment and the Body: Understanding Water Change; Chapter 8 - Cool Water, Short Green Grass, and Fir Trees: The Aesthetics of Environment; Conclusion: Doing Place; Appendix: Songs and Translations; Glossary; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Gaddi of North India are agro-pastoralists who rear sheep and goats following a seasonal migration around the first Himalayan range. While studies on pastoralists have focused either on the pastoralists' adaptation to their physical environment or treated the environment from a symbolic perspective, this book offers a new, holistic perspective that analyzes the ways in which people "make" place. Based on extensive fieldwork, this book not only describes a contemporary understanding of the Gaddi's engagement with the environment but also analyzes religious practices and performances of soc |
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