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Culture and the environment in the Himalaya/ edited by Arjun Guneratne

By: Arjun Guneratne Contributor(s): Guneratne, Arjun, ed Series: (Routledge contemporary South Asia series, 24)Publication details: New York: Routledge, 2010Description: x, 237 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780815350620; 9780203864364Subject(s): Ecology | Himalaya Mountains | Forest conservation | Forest ecology | Himalaya Mountains Region | EthnologyDDC classification: 304.2095496

Contents:

Downward spiral? : interrogating narratives of environmental change in the Himalaya / John J. Metz -- Healing landscapes : sacred and rational nature in Nepal's Ayurvedic medicine / Mary Cameron -- Perceptions of forests among Yakkha of East Nepal : exploring the social and cultural context / Andrew Russell -- A forest community or community forestry? : beliefs, meanings and nature in north-western Nepal / Andrea Nightingale -- Where God's children live : symbolizing forests in Nepal / Jana Fortier -- Clear mountains, blurred horizons : Limbu perception of their physical world / T.B. Subba -- The role of religion in conservation and degradation of forests : examples from the Kumaun Himalaya / Safia Aggarwal -- The abuse of religion and ecology : the Vishva Hindu Parishad and Tehri Dam / Emma Mawdsley -- Restoration and revival : remembering the Bagmati civilization / Anne M. Rademacher -- Beyond cultural models of the environment : linking subjectivities of dwelling and power / Ben Campbell.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	304.2095496 GUN/C (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	28/05/2024	48954

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Downward spiral? : interrogating narratives of environmental change in the Himalaya / John J. Metz --
Healing landscapes : sacred and rational nature in Nepal's Ayurvedic medicine / Mary Cameron --
Perceptions of forests among Yakkha of East Nepal : exploring the social and cultural context / Andrew Russell --
A forest community or community forestry? : beliefs, meanings and nature in north-western Nepal / Andrea Nightingale --
Where God's children live : symbolizing forests in Nepal / Jana Fortier --
Clear mountains, blurred horizons : Limbu perception of their physical world / T.B. Subba --
The role of religion in conservation and degradation of forests : examples from the Kumaun Himalaya / Safia Aggarwal --
The abuse of religion and ecology : the Vishva Hindu Parishad and Tehri Dam / Emma Mawdsley --
Restoration and revival : remembering the Bagmati civilization / Anne M. Rademacher --
Beyond cultural models of the environment : linking subjectivities of dwelling and power / Ben Campbell.

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