Troubles with Turtles : : Cultural Understandings of the Environment on a Greek Island / / Dimitris Theodossopoulos.

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• VerfasserIn: Theodossopoulos, Dimitris,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2003]; ©2003
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: English
• Series: New Directions in Anthropology ; 16
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (208 p.)

The people of Vassilikos, farmers and tourist entrepreneurs on the Greek island of Zakynthos, are involved in a bitter environmental dispute concerning the conservation of sea turtles. Against the environmentalists' practices and ideals they set their own culture of relating to the land, cultivation, wild and domestic animals. Written from an anthropological perspective, this book puts forward the idea that a thorough study of indigenous cultures is a fundamental step to understanding conflicts over the environment. For this purpose, the book offers a detailed account of the cultural depth and richness of the human environmental relationship in Vassilikos, focusing on the engagement of its inhabitants with diverse aspects of the local environment, such as animal care, agriculture, tourism and hunting.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 VASSILIKOS: PAST, PRESENT AND TURTLE TROUBLES -- 3 CONSERVATION AND THE VALUE OF LAND -- 4 ‘BOTH TOURISM AND FARMING JOBS INVOLVE STRUGGLE’ -- 5 GENDERED LABOUR IN THE OLIVE HARVEST -- 6 ORDERING ANIMALS ABOUT -- 7 CLASSIFYING THE WILD -- 8 UNLAWFUL HUNTING -- 9 RELATING TO THE ‘NATURAL’ WORLD -- REFERENCES -- INDEX