Lines in the Water Nature and Culture at Lake Titicaca

Name: Lines in the Water Nature and Culture at Lake Titicaca
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ISBN: 9780520229594

ISBN-10: 0520229592

ISBN-13: 9780520229594

Edition: 2003

Authors: Ben Orlove

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This beautifully written book weaves reflections on anthropological fieldwork together with evocative meditations on a spectacular landscape as it takes us to the remote indigenous villages on the shore of Lake Titicaca, high in the Peruvian Andes. Ben Orlove brings alive the fishermen, reed cutters, boat builders, and families of this isolated region, and describes the role that Lake Titicaca has played in their culture. He describes the landscapes and rhythms of life in the Andean highlands as he considers the intrusions of modern technology and economic demands in the region.Lines in the Watertells a local version of events that are taking place around the world, but with an unusual…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 6/13/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 314
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface: Lakes



Not Forgetting



Mountains



Names



Work



Fish



Reeds



Paths


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index