{"product_id":"sacred-forests-of-asia","title":"Sacred Forests of Asia","description":"\u003cp\u003ePresenting a thorough examination of the sacred forests of Asia, this volume engages with dynamic new scholarly dialogues on the nature of sacred space, place, landscape, and ecology in the context of the sharply contested ideas of the Anthropocene. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGiven the vast geographic range of sacred groves in Asia, this volume discusses the diversity of associated cosmologies, ecologies, traditional local resource management practices, and environmental governance systems developed during the pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial periods. Adopting theoretical perspectives from political ecology, the book views ecology and polity as constitutive elements interacting within local, regional, and global networks. Readers will find the very first systematic comparative analysis of sacred forests that include the \u003cem\u003ekarchall mabhuy\u003c\/em\u003e of the Katu people of Central Vietnam, the \u003cem\u003eleuweng kolot\u003c\/em\u003e of the Baduy people of West Java, the \u003cem\u003efengshui\u003c\/em\u003e forests of southern China, the groves to the goddess Sarna Mata worshiped by the Oraon people of Jharkhand India, the \u003cem\u003emauelsoop\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ebibosoop\u003c\/em\u003e of Korea, and many more. Comprising in-depth, field-based case studies, each chapter shows how the forest’s sacrality must not be conceptually delinked from its roles in common property regimes, resource security, spiritual matters of ultimate concern, and cultural identity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of indigenous studies, environmental anthropology, political ecology, geography, religion and heritage, nature conservation, environmental protection, and Asian studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45542463373550,"sku":"9780367698720","price":227.2,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/sacred-forests-of-asia","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}