{"product_id":"wild-sardinia-indigeneity-and-the-global-dreamtimes-of-environmentalism-paperback","title":"Wild Sardinia: Indigeneity and the Global Dreamtimes of Environmentalism - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTracey Heatherington\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eK. Sivaramakrishnan\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e**Winner of the 2010 Victor Turner Prize in Ethnographic Writing, presented by the American Anthropological Association**\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShared concern for nature can be a way of transcending national, ethnic, religious, and cultural boundaries, yet conservation efforts often pit the interests of historically rooted or indigenous peoples against the state and international environmental organizations, eroding local autonomy while \"saving\" rural land for animals and tourists. \u003ci\u003eWild Sardinia\u003c\/i\u003e's examination of the cultural politics around nature conservation and the traditional Commons on an Italian island illustrates the complexities of environmental stewardship. Long known as the home of fiercely independent shepherds (often typecast as rustics, bandits, or eco-vandals), as well as wild mouflon sheep, magnificent eagles, and rare old oak forests, the town of Orgosolo has for several decades received notoriety through local opposition to Gennargentu National Park.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInterweaving rich ethnographic description of highland central Sardinia with analysis grounded in political ecology and reflexive cultural critique, \u003ci\u003eWild Sardinia\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the ambivalent and open-ended meanings of many Sardinians' acts and memories of \"resistance\" to environmental projects. This groundbreaking case study of the tension between living cultural landscapes and the emerging ecological imaginaries envisioned through policy discourses and new media -- the \"global dreamtimes of environmentalism\" -- has relevance far beyond its Mediterranean locale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReveals the complexities of environmenral stewardship by examining local resistance in the small Sardinian upland town of Orgosolo to the creation of Gennargentu National Park in an area used by many generations as pastureland. --Tracey Heatherington is assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 8.98 x 6.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 18, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51821832012064,"sku":"9780295989990","price":59.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5bcb59ca020d5db6e5c19205fdeac515_a3506476-8d41-4e8d-ad61-3214b2a04cff.webp?v=1781163522","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/wild-sardinia-indigeneity-and-the-global-dreamtimes-of-environmentalism-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}