The Gaddi beyond pastoralism : making place in the Indian Himalayas /

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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
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wagner, Anja, 1979-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2013.
Temas:
Gaddis (Indic people) > India, North.
Human ecology > India, North.
Gaddi (Peuple de l'Inde) > Inde (Nord)
Écologie humaine > Inde (Nord)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Ecology
Gaddis (Indic people)
Human ecology
India, North > Environmental conditions.
Himalaya Mountains Region > Environmental conditions.
Inde (Nord) > Conditions environnementales.
Himālaya > Conditions environnementales.
Himalaya Mountains Region
North India
Noord-India.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 202 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780857459305
0857459309
0857459295
9780857459299
Acceso:Legal Deposit;

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