The Gaddi beyond pastoralism [[electronic resource] ] : making place in the Indian Himalayas / / Anja Wagner
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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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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Berghahn Books, 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (214 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 305.8914/96 |
| Soggetto topico: | Gaddis (Indic people) - India, North |
| Human ecology - India, North | |
| Soggetto geografico: | India, North Environmental conditions |
| Himalaya Mountains Region Environmental conditions | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Gaddi beyond pastoralism |
| ISBN: | 0-85745-930-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910453097003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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