LEADER 03816nam 22006494a 450 001 9910450402603321 005 20210604015452.0 010 $a1-77112-215-3 010 $a1-59734-716-7 010 $a1-282-35511-2 010 $a9786612355110 010 $a0-520-93589-6 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520935891 035 $a(CKB)1000000000004696 035 $a(EBL)224210 035 $a(OCoLC)475930077 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000192639 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11186100 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000192639 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10216689 035 $a(PQKB)11606737 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC224210 035 $a(DE-B1597)519937 035 $a(OCoLC)52998454 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520935891 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL224210 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10050804 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235511 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000004696 100 $a20010516d2002 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLines in the water$b[electronic resource] $enature and culture at Lake Titicaca /$fBen Orlove 210 $aBerkeley, CA $cUniversity of California Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (318 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 0 $a0-520-22958-4 311 0 $a0-520-22959-2 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIllustrations --$tPreface: Lakes --$t1 . Not Forgetting --$t2. Mountains --$t3. Names --$t4. Work --$t5. Fish --$t6. Reeds --$t7. Paths --$tNotes --$tAcknowledgments --$tIndex 330 $aThis beautifully written book weaves reflections on anthropological fieldwork together with evocative meditations on a spectacular landscape as it takes us to the remote indigenous villages on the shore of Lake Titicaca, high in the Peruvian Andes. Ben Orlove brings alive the fishermen, reed cutters, boat builders, and families of this isolated region, and describes the role that Lake Titicaca has played in their culture. He describes the landscapes and rhythms of life in the Andean highlands as he considers the intrusions of modern technology and economic demands in the region. Lines in the Water tells a local version of events that are taking place around the world, but with an unusual outcome: people here have found ways to maintain their cultural autonomy and to protect their fragile mountain environment. The Peruvian highlanders have confronted the pressures of modern culture with remarkable vitality. They use improved boats and gear and sell fish to new markets but have fiercely opposed efforts to strip them of their indigenous traditions. They have retained their customary practice of limiting the amount of fishing and have continued to pass cultural knowledge from one generation to the next--practices that have prevented the ecological crises that have followed commercialization of small-scale fisheries around the world. This book--at once a memoir and an ethnography--is a personal and compelling account of a research experience as well as an elegantly written treatise on themes of global importance. Above all, Orlove reminds us that human relations with the environment, though constantly changing, can be sustainable. 606 $aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social$2bisacsh 607 $aTiticaca Lake Region (Peru and Bolivia)$xDescription and travel 607 $aTiticaca Lake Region (Peru and Bolivia)$xSocial life and customs 608 $aElectronic books. 615 7$aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social. 676 $a984/.12 700 $aOrlove$b Benjamin S$0249420 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450402603321 996 $aLines in the water$92454563 997 $aUNINA