Listening to sea lions : currents of change from Galapagos to Patagonia / / Sarah Keen Meltzoff

• Autore: Meltzoff Sarah K
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Md., : AltaMira Press, c2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (266 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.2098
• Soggetto topico: Human ecology - Pacific Coast (South America); Marine ecology - Pacific Coast (South America); Coastal ecology - Pacific Coast (South America); Climatic changes - Pacific Coast (South America)
• Soggetto geografico: El Niño Current; Pacific Coast (South America) Environmental conditions
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; 1 Climates of Change and the Ways of Empathic Ethnography; 2 Wild West Galapagos; 3 Rain and Tears in the Fishing Camps; 4 The Dance of Macha Divers and Waders around El Niño's Flood; 5 Puerto Aldea; 6 The Goliath in Iquique; 7 Sea Wolves; 8 Conclusions; Appendix: Marine Life Names in Latin; Glossary; References; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: From the Galapagos to the depths of Patagonia and up along the stark desert coast of Chile, Listening to Sea Lions' empathic ethnography carries the reader directly into the heart of the ocean world of Latino coastal people. Sea lions are the fellow denizens in nature who share the perpetual changes and are seen as metaphoric selves. Meltzoff uses storytelling rather than explicit theory to help explain local struggles and survival strategies wrought by extreme El Niño events and shifting political cli
• Titolo autorizzato: Listening to sea lions
• ISBN: 0-7591-2237-7; 0-7591-2236-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827172003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II