Conversations on the Beach: Fishermen's Knowledge, Metaphor and Environmental Change in South India

by Götz Hoeppe and Gotz Hoeppe

Book Overview

Already on the margins of an agrarian society, the marine fisherfolk of the South Indian state of Kerala are faced with a severe environmental problem: overfishing. The actions of trawlers and industrial fishing ships, it seems, have caused the resources on which they depend to dwindle rapidly. Yet what may appear to be a clear-cut case of cause, effect and responsibility turns out to be a complex issue. Local perceptions of the environment are...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845450159
• ISBN13: 9781845450151
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"