Environment and belief systems / edited by G.N. Devy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Devy, G. N., 1950- editor.

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Series:

Key concepts in indigenous studies

Key Concepts in Indigenous Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples--Religion.

Indigenous peoples.

Ethnoecology.

Nature--Religious aspects.

Nature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

G. N. Devy is Honorary Professor, Centre for Multidisciplinary Development Research, Dharwad, India, and Chairman, People's Linguistic Survey of India. An award-winning writer and cultural activist, he is known for his 50-volume language survey. He is Founder Director of the Adivasi Academy at Tejgadh in Gujarat, India, and was formerly Professor of English at M. S. University of Baroda. He is the recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award, Linguapax Prize, Prince Claus Award and Padma Shri. With several books in English, Marathi and Gujarati, he has co-edited (with Geoffrey V. Davis and K. K. Chakravarty) Narrating Nomadism: Tales of Recovery and Resistance (2012); Knowing Differently: The Challenge of the Indigenous (2013); Performing Identities: Celebrating Indigeneity in the Arts (2014); and The Language Loss of the Indigenous (2016), published by Routledge.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication Page

CONTENTS

List of figures

Notes on contributors

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Ritual and cultural practice among Indian adivasis

2 Forests now speak English: the indigenous at odds with the state

3 Indigenous peoples and the Great Lakes in North America

4 Indigenous art, resilience and climate change: Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand and Samoa

5 Indigenous religions of Oceania: Australia, New Zeal and the South Pacific Islands

6 Indigeneity, the environment and Africa: some key concepts from the /Xam of southern Africa

7 Can there be religions without belief? Religion in Latin America

8 Indigenous peoples and the environment: views from Brazil

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 08, 2020).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781000721867

1000721868

9780367814274

0367814277

9781000717952

100071795X

9781000714043

1000714047

Publisher Number:

40030144015

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Restricted for use by site license.