Listening to sea lions : currents of change from Galapagos to Patagonia
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Listening to sea lions : currents of change from Galapagos to Patagonia
AltaMira Press, c2013
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-259) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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 Nino 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.
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Acronyms
Chapter 1: Climates of Change and the Ways of Empathetic Ethnography
Chapter 2: Wild West Galapagos: Isabela's Fishing Community Angles for Tourism Pie in the Land of Darwin
Chapter 3: Rain and Tears in the Fishing Camps: Merluza Boom to Bust in Patagonia
Chapter 4: The Dance of Macha Divers and Waders around El Nino's Flood
Chapter 5: Puerto Aldea: Caleta Life in Navy War-Game Waters
Chapter 6: The Goliath in Iquique: Industrial Fisheries
Chapter 7: Sea Wolves: Artisanal Fishermen of the Rural and Urban Caletas
Chapter 8: Conclusions: Coastal Ethnography Given the Eddies of Climate Change
Appendix: Marine Life Names in Latin
Glossary
References
Index
About the Author
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