Amazonian Geographies: Emerging Identities and Landscapes - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0415600537 ISBN 13 : 9780415600538

Editeur : Routledge, 2012

Synopsis

Amazonia exists in our imagination as well as on the ground. It is a mysterious and powerful construct in our psyches yet shares multiple (trans)national borders and diverse ecological and cultural landscapes. It is often presented as a seemingly homogeneous place: a lush tropical jungle teeming with exotic wildlife and plant diversity, as well as the various indigenous populations that inhabit the region. Yet, since Conquest, Amazonia has been linked to the global market and, after a long and varied history of colonization and development projects, Amazonia is peopled by many distinct cultural groups who remain largely invisible to the outside world despite their increasing integration into global markets and global politics. Millions of rubber tappers, neo-native groups, peasants, river dwellers, and urban residents continue to shape and re-shape the cultural landscape as they adapt their livelihood practices and political strategies in response to changing markets and shifting linkages with political and economic actors at local, regional, national, and international levels.

This book explores the diversity of changing identities and cultural landscapes emerging in different corners of this rapidly changing region.

This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Cultural Geography.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jacqueline M. Vadjunec is an assistant professor of Geography at Oklahoma State University. Marianne Schmink is Professor of Latin American Studies and Anthropology at the University of Florida, where she was Director of the Tropical Conservation and Development (TCD) program.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415600537
• ISBN 13: 9780415600538
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Éditeur: Vadjunec Jacqueline, Schmink Marianne
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible