Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface and acknowledgments; Contributors; Note to the reader; Introduction; 1 Downward spiral?: Interrogating narratives of environmental change in the Himalaya; 2 Healing landscapes: Sacred and rational nature in Nepal's Ayurvedic medicine; 3 Perceptions of forests among the Yakkha of East Nepal: Exploring the social and cultural context; 4 A forest community or community forestry?: Beliefs, meanings and nature in North-western Nepal; 5 Where God's children live: Symbolizing forests in Nepal
6 Clear mountains, blurred horizons: Limbu perception of their physical world7 The role of religion in conservation and degradation of forests: Examples from the Kumaun Himalaya; 8 The abuse of religion and ecology: The Vishva Hindu Parishad and Tehri Dam; 9 Restoration and revival: Remembering the Bagmati Civilization; 10 Beyond cultural models of the environment: Linking subjectivities of dwelling and power; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Drawing on Himalayan ethnography to interrogate and critique contemporary theorizing about the environment, this book examines how the environment is conceptualized among different social groups in the region. It introduces the thinking in environmental anthropology and geography into the study of the Himalaya
