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The Gaddi Beyond Pastoralism: Making Place in the Indian Himalayas
Anja Wagner
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Description for The Gaddi Beyond Pastoralism: Making Place in the Indian Himalayas
Hardback. 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 social relations, as well as media practices and notions of aesthetics. Num Pages: 220 pages, 13 ills, 6 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
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 social relations, as well as media practices and notions of aesthetics. ... Read more
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 social relations, as well as media practices and notions of aesthetics. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
214
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857459299
SKU
V9780857459299
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About Anja Wagner
Anja Wagner is Lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Munster. She received her doctoral degree in anthropology from the University of Heidelberg. Her studies have been supported by a scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation. She is the vice-spokesperson of the Himalayan studies group of the German Anthropological Association.
Reviews for The Gaddi Beyond Pastoralism: Making Place in the Indian Himalayas
Accompanied by Latour, Ingold and Descola, Wagner takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the social and religious landscapes as seen by the Gaddi people of Himachal Pradesh. Linking kinship to photography, Shiva worship to para-gliding, music videos to pilgrimage, Wagner departs from cliches and stereotypes to reveal a picture of contemporary Gaddi life that moves beyond their customary ... Read more