Beyond the lens of conservation : Malagasy and Swiss imaginations of one another / Eva Keller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keller, Eva.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Studies in environmental anthropology and ethnobiology ; v. 20.

Studies in environmental anthropology and ethnobiology ; volume 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nature conservation--Social aspects.

Nature conservation.

Nature conservation--Social aspects--Madagascar.

Nature conservation--Social aspects--Switzerland.

Rain forest conservation.

Parc national de Masoala (Madagascar).

Madagascar.

Madagascar--Parc national de Masoala.

Switzerland.

Physical Description:

xiii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn, 2015.

Contents:

List of illustrations

Acknowledgements/Fisaorana

Notes on text

Introduction

Part I. Chapter 1. A virtual tour through Little Masoala ; Chapter 2. Intention and perception ; Chapter 3. Zooming in on morality ; Chapter 4. A kind of people ; Chapter 5. The coconut schema ; Extract from 'Marrakech' by George Orwell

Part II. Chapter 6. Living with the Masoala National Park ; Chapter 7. The banana plant and the moon ; Chapter 8. The island of the wanderer ; Chapter 9. Who are 'they'? ; Chapter 10. Historical reflections

Conclusions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-238) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

1782385525

9781782385523

OCLC:

890792808

Publisher Number:

99966260386