The Gaddi beyond pastoralism making place in the Indian Himalayas

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Full Title:: The Gaddi beyond pastoralism making place in the Indian Himalayas / Anja Wagner

Subjects:: Gaddis (Indic people)--India, North
Human ecology--India, North
India, North--Environmental conditions
Himalaya Mountains Region--Environmental conditions

Table of Contents:: Contents; 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
Summary:: 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 soc
Language:: English
Language Note:: English
Physical Type/Description:: 1 online resource (214 p.)
General Note:: Description based upon print version of record.