Kings of the Forest : : The Cultural Resilience of Himalayan Hunter-Gatherers / / Jana Fortier.
In today's world hunter-gatherer societies struggle with seemingly insurmountable problems: deforestation and encroachment, language loss, political domination by surrounding communities. Will they manage to survive? This book is about one such society living in the monsoon rainforests of weste...
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Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2009] ©2009 |
Year of Publication: | 2009 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (232 p.) :; 11 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Conventions
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Encounters
- 3. Who Are the Rautes?
- 4. Forests as Home
- 5. Monkey's Thigh Is the Shaman's Meat
- 6. Let's Go to the Forest and Eat Fruit
- 7. Economy and Society: A Complex Mix
- 8. The Children of God
- 9. Cultural Resilience: The Big Picture
- Appendix
- Notes
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- About the Author