LEADER 03622oam 2200601zu 450 001 9910778448203321 005 20210721060345.0 010 $a0-674-03685-9 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674036857 035 $a(CKB)1000000000805633 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000205661 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11166673 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000205661 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10212560 035 $a(PQKB)11421213 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300717 035 $a(DE-B1597)574543 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674036857 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000805633 100 $a20160829d1998 uy 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMorel tales : the culture of mushrooming 210 31$a[Place of publication not identified]$cHarvard University Press$d1998 215 $a1 online resource (336 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-674-08935-9 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tIntroduction -- $tCHAPTER ONE Being in Nature -- $tCHAPTER TWO Meaningful Mushrooms -- $tCHAPTER THREE Sharing the Woods -- $tCHAPTER FOUR Talking Wild -- $tCHAPTER FIVE Organizing Naturalists -- $tCHAPTER SIX Fungus and Its Publics -- $tCHAPTER SEVEN Naturework and the Taming of the Wild -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aIn this thoughtful book, Gary Fine explores how Americans attempt to give meaning to the natural world that surrounds them. Although "nature" has often been treated as an unproblematic reality, Fine suggests that the meanings we assign to the natural environment are culturally grounded. In other words, there is no nature separate from culture. He calls this process of cultural construction and interpretation, "naturework." Of course, there is no denying the biological reality of trees, mountains, earthquakes, and hurricanes, but, he argues, they must be interpreted to be made meaningful. Fine supports this claim by examining the fascinating world of mushrooming. Based on three years of field research with mushroomers at local and national forays, Morel Tales highlights the extensive range of meanings that mushrooms have for mushroomers. Fine details how mushroomers talk about their finds--turning their experiences into "fish stories" (the one that got away), war stories, and treasure tales; how mushroomers routinely joke about dying from or killing others with misidentified mushrooms, and how this dark humor contributes to the sense of community among collectors. He also describes the sometimes friendly, sometimes tense relations between amateur mushroom collectors and professional mycologists. Fine extends his argument to show that the elaboration of cultural meanings found among mushroom collectors is equally applicable to birders, butterfly collectors, rock hounds, and other naturalists. 606 $aHuman ecology$xSocial aspects 606 $aEdible mushrooms 606 $aNature 606 $aAnthropogeography & Human Ecology$2HILCC 606 $aAnthropology$2HILCC 606 $aSocial Sciences$2HILCC 615 0$aHuman ecology$xSocial aspects 615 0$aEdible mushrooms 615 0$aNature 615 7$aAnthropogeography & Human Ecology 615 7$aAnthropology 615 7$aSocial Sciences 676 $a304.2/7 686 $aMS 1700$2rvk 700 $aFine$b Gary Alan$01097760 701 $aFine$b Gary A$01511718 801 0$bPQKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778448203321 996 $aMorel tales : the culture of mushrooming$93745205 997 $aUNINA