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Thin Places
Prof. Ann Armbrecht
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Description for Thin Places
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FKA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 418.
Thin Places is an eloquent meditation on what it means to move between cultures and how one might finally come home, a particular paradox in a culture that lacks deep ties to the natural world. During the 1990s, Ann Armbrecht, an American anthropologist, made several trips to northeastern Nepal to research how the Yamphu Rai acquired, farmed, and held onto their land; how they perceived their area's recent designation as a national park and conservation area; and whether--as she believed--they held a wisdom about living on the earth that the industrialized West had forgotten. What Armbrecht found instead were men ... Read more
Thin Places is an eloquent meditation on what it means to move between cultures and how one might finally come home, a particular paradox in a culture that lacks deep ties to the natural world. During the 1990s, Ann Armbrecht, an American anthropologist, made several trips to northeastern Nepal to research how the Yamphu Rai acquired, farmed, and held onto their land; how they perceived their area's recent designation as a national park and conservation area; and whether--as she believed--they held a wisdom about living on the earth that the industrialized West had forgotten. What Armbrecht found instead were men ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231146531
SKU
V9780231146531
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99-15
About Prof. Ann Armbrecht
Ann Armbrecht is the author of Settlements of Hope: An Account of Tibetan Refugees in Nepal. She lives in Montpelier, Vermont, with her husband and two children.
Reviews for Thin Places
This is a book you'll want to spend time with.
Andrew Nemethy Rutland Herald [A] poignant, fragile memoir. Kirkus Reviews Armbrecht's vulnerability, wisdom and unflinching honesty at a time of great crisis for the West make this story one of the most important books of the last year.
Rob Williams The Valley Reporter Stirring on many levels - ... Read more
Andrew Nemethy Rutland Herald [A] poignant, fragile memoir. Kirkus Reviews Armbrecht's vulnerability, wisdom and unflinching honesty at a time of great crisis for the West make this story one of the most important books of the last year.
Rob Williams The Valley Reporter Stirring on many levels - ... Read more