| Description |
1 online resource (x, 202 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| 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 |
| Summary |
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 s |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL |
| Subject |
Gaddis (Indic people) -- India, North
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Human ecology -- India, North
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Ecology
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Gaddis (Indic people)
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Human ecology
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| SUBJECT |
India, North -- Environmental conditions
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Himalaya Mountains Region -- Environmental conditions
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| Subject |
Himalaya Mountains Region
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North India
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Noord-India.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012037872 |
| ISBN |
9780857459305 |
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0857459309 |
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0857459295 |
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9780857459299 |
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