Nature and society : anthropological perspectives /

Nature and society : anthropological perspectives /

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Imprint:	London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.
Description:	ix, 310 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Nature -- Effect of human beings on. Human ecology. Ethnology. Anthropology. Anthropology. Ethnology. Human ecology. Nature -- Effect of human beings on. Conference papers and proceedings.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2500121

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Other authors / contributors:	Descola, Philippe. Gísli Pálsson, 1949- European Association of Social Anthropologists.
ISBN:	0415132150 0415132169 (pbk.)
Notes:	" ... revised versions of papers that were presented at the Third Conference of the European Association of Social Anthropologists in Oslo in June 1994." -- Editor's preface

Table of Contents:

Editors' Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction
Part I. Contested Domains and Boundaries
Chapter 2. The Optimal Forager and Economic Man
Chapter 3. Ecology as Semiotics
Chapter 4. Human-Environmental Relations
Chapter 5. Constructing Natures
Chapter 6. The Cognitive Geometry of Nature
Part II. Sociologies of Nature
Chapter 7. Nature in Culture or Culture in Nature?
Chapter 8. Blowpipes and Spears
Chapter 9. Nature, Culture, Magic, Science
Chapter 10. The Cosmic Food Web
Chapter 11. Enraged Hunters
Part III. Nature, Society and Artefact
Chapter 12. When Timber Grows Wild
Chapter 13. Xenotransplantation and Transgenesis
Chapter 14. The Reproduction of Nature in Contemporary High-Energy Physics
Chapter 15. New Tools for Conviviality
Name Index
Subject Index