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Troubles with Turtles : Cultural Understandings of the Environment on a Greek Island.
The people of Vassilikos, farmers and tourist entrepreneurs on the Greek island of Zakynthos, are involved in a bitter environmental dispute concerning the conservation of sea turtles. Against the environmentalists'' practices and ideals they set their own culture of relating to the land,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Berghahn Books,
2003.
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| Colección: | New directions in anthropology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The people of Vassilikos, farmers and tourist entrepreneurs on the Greek island of Zakynthos, are involved in a bitter environmental dispute concerning the conservation of sea turtles. Against the environmentalists'' practices and ideals they set their own culture of relating to the land, cultivation, wild and domestic animals. Written from an anthropological perspective, this book puts forward the idea that a thorough study of indigenous cultures is a fundamental step to understanding conflicts over the environment. For this purpose, the book offers a detailed account of the cultural depth. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (208 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9780857456793 0857456792 |