02998nam 2200601 a 450 991045309700332120200520144314.00-85745-930-9(CKB)2550000001108940(EBL)1337733(OCoLC)855505455(SSID)ssj0000953856(PQKBManifestationID)12413174(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000953856(PQKBWorkID)10938574(PQKB)11691330(MiAaPQ)EBC1337733(Au-PeEL)EBL1337733(CaPaEBR)ebr10745056(CaONFJC)MIL509027(OCoLC)859157385(EXLCZ)99255000000110894020121010d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Gaddi beyond pastoralism[electronic resource] making place in the Indian Himalayas /Anja WagnerNew York Berghahn Books20131 online resource (214 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-85745-929-5 1-299-77776-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 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 socGaddis (Indic people)India, NorthHuman ecologyIndia, NorthIndia, NorthEnvironmental conditionsHimalaya Mountains RegionEnvironmental conditionsElectronic books.Gaddis (Indic people)Human ecology305.8914/96Wagner Anja1979-880355MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453097003321The Gaddi beyond pastoralism1965766UNINA