The Social Life of Trees : Anthropological Perspectives on Tree Symbolism (Materializing Culture)
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"This is a challenging read for anyone who wants to view current Western preoccupations as the direct, unmediated voice of the trees. But it is also a good book for anyone who has seen the anger and passion of today's bypass campaigns - and who wants to see them in a social context as well as an ecological one.' --3rd Stone: Archaeology, Folklore and Myth
"This is a valuable collection . . . It deepens understanding of the processes by which humans imagine and respond to their worlds." --The Australian Journal of Anthropology
"The text is . . . persuasive and the ethnographic accounts are fascinating." --Oceania
"This is a challenging book with some rich pickings, not least Rival's overview chapter, which adds considerable value." --ECOS
"Offers fresh insights and perspectives on a topic that has evaded either global analysis or synthesis." --Ecumene
"The scope and spirit is agreeably ecumenical; the methods and contents rampantly diverse." --Ecumene
The Social Life of Trees: Anthropological Perspectives on Tree Symbolism (Materializing Culture),Laura Rival,Berg Publishers,1859739288,Anthropology - Cultural,Anthropology - General,Congresses,Ecology,Folklore,Forests and forestry,Social Science,Sociology,Symbolic aspects,Trees,Trees & Forests - General,Anthropology,Applied ecology,Cultural studies,Non-Christian religions,Social Science / Anthropology / General
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