Listening to Sea Lions: Currents of Change from Galapagos to Patagonia - Hardcover

Meltzoff, Sarah Keene

 
9780759122352: Listening to Sea Lions: Currents of Change from Galapagos to Patagonia
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0759122350 ISBN 13: 9780759122352
Publisher: AltaMira Press, 2012

Synopsis

From the Galapagos to the depths of Patagonia and up along the stark desert coast of Chile, Listening to Sea Lions empathic ethnography carries the reader directly into the heart of the ocean world of Latino coastal people. Sea lions are the fellow denizens in nature who share the perpetual changes and are seen as metaphoric selves. Meltzoff uses storytelling rather than explicit theory to help explain local struggles and survival strategies wrought by extreme El Niño events and shifting political climates. Embedded within the six multi-sited ethnographies are global themes in coastal communities, from boom-and-bust fisheries to the rivalries among fisheries, tourism, conservation interests. The overall picture is sea-change and impermanence as a local way of life by the ocean.

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About the Author

Sarah Keene Meltzoff is associate professor, Department of Marine Affairs and Policy, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Florida.

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Publisher
AltaMira Press
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0759122350
ISBN 13 
9780759122352
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
292