Culture and the Environment in the Himalaya - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0415533147 ISBN 13 : 9780415533140

Editeur : Routledge, 2012

Synopsis

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. A new approach to the study of the environment in South Asia, this book introduces the new thinking in environmental anthropology and geography into the study of the Himalaya.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Arjun Guneratne is Professor of Anthropology at Macalester College, USA, and the co-editor of Pathways to Power: The Domestic Politics of South Asia, and author of Many Tongues, One People: The Making of Tharu Identity in Nepal. He is the editor of Himalaya, the journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies and former chair of the South Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415533147
• ISBN 13: 9780415533140
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Éditeur: Guneratne Arjun
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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