LEADER 02998nam 2200601 a 450 001 9910453097003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-85745-930-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000001108940 035 $a(EBL)1337733 035 $a(OCoLC)855505455 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000953856 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12413174 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000953856 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10938574 035 $a(PQKB)11691330 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1337733 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1337733 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10745056 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL509027 035 $a(OCoLC)859157385 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001108940 100 $a20121010d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Gaddi beyond pastoralism$b[electronic resource] $emaking place in the Indian Himalayas /$fAnja Wagner 210 $aNew York $cBerghahn Books$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (214 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-85745-929-5 311 $a1-299-77776-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $a 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 606 $aGaddis (Indic people)$zIndia, North 606 $aHuman ecology$zIndia, North 607 $aIndia, North$xEnvironmental conditions 607 $aHimalaya Mountains Region$xEnvironmental conditions 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aGaddis (Indic people) 615 0$aHuman ecology 676 $a305.8914/96 700 $aWagner$b Anja$f1979-$0880355 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453097003321 996 $aThe Gaddi beyond pastoralism$91965766 997 $aUNINA