ISBN:
9781000397550
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (308 pages)
Series Statement:
Routledge Environmental Humanities Ser.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
304.2095496
Keywords:
Human ecology-Himalaya Mountains Region
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- List of figures and maps -- Map-Geographical coverage of the chapters -- Situating environmental humanities in the New Himalayas: An introduction -- Context -- An experiment of undisciplining-challenges and dividends -- Himalayan humanities for the New Himalayas -- Pluriverse of Himalayan humanities -- References -- Part I: Kindred of the earth, deities, humans and animals -- Chapter 1: Relatedness, trans-species knots and yak personhood in the Bhutan highlands -- Folkloric entrances -- Introduction: co-dwelling, co-evolving and co-shaping -- Derrida's cat and Haraway's dog: extralinguistic communication and animal personhood -- Trans-species relatedness, kin-making and knots -- Intentionality, agency and affective lives among yaks -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: Lepcha water view and climate change in Sikkim Himalaya -- Lepcha homestay in Himalayan Village -- Water and myths -- Lingzya waterfall -- Tale of the water spirit and the hunter -- Water and religion -- Water and gender -- Water and livelihood -- Centrality of water -- Unmanageable waters -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: Eco-spiritual and economic perspectives in Bhutan's Haa district -- Introduction -- A spiritual landscape -- Local deities and stories -- Deities and environmental conservation -- The rise of instrumental orientations towards the environment -- Neoliberal logic -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- Part II: Aqueous earth -- Chapter 4: Narratives from a fluvial world: Poetics of charland dwelling in neo-colonial Assam -- Introduction -- Chardwellers' cultural narratives -- Colonial and neo-colonial politics -- The Miya poetry movement -- Postscript -- References.
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