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Troubles with turtles : cultural understandings of the environment on a Greek island / Dimitrios Theodossopoulos.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Theodossopoulos, Dimitrios, author.
- Series:
- New Directions in Anthropology
- New Directions in Anthropology ; v.16
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nature conservation--Social aspects--Greece--Zakynthos.
- Nature conservation.
- Nature conservation--Economic aspects--Greece--Zakynthos.
- Human ecology--Greece--Zakynthos.
- Human ecology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (208 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, 2008.
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- Troubles with Turtles; Table of Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; A Note on Transliteration; Introduction; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-192) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781571815965
- 1571815961
- 9781571816979
- 1571816976
- 9780857456793
- 0857456792
- OCLC:
- 892798932
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