The Gaddi beyond pastoralism making place in the Indian Himalayas

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 per...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wagner, Anja, 1979- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books 2013.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.