Harvesting the Sea in Southeastern Arabia Volume 2: Comparative Lexicon of Fish and Other Marine Species
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
ISBN
978-1-80511-938-8
Erscheinungsdatum
23.04.2026
Einband
Taschenbuch
Herausgeber
Janet C. E. Watson + weitereVerlag
Open Book PublishersSeitenzahl
536
Maße (L/B/H)
23.4/15.6/2.9 cm
Gewicht
805 g
Sprache
Englisch
Traditional livelihoods and the ecosystems that sustain them are dying out around the world. This book is a collection of research on the relationships between people, their environment, their expertise and their languages along the ecologically fragile coasts of the Arabian Peninsula. These studies are the outcome of many years of collaborative fieldwork with local communities in three main regions of southern and eastern Arabia: the Musandam Peninsula, Dhofar and al-Mahrah, and the island of Soqotra. Bringing together oral literature, traditional scientific knowledge, and marine subsistence at the peripheries of the Arabian seaboard, the volume makes a major contribution to the documentation of the indigenous Modern South Arabian languages (MSAL), regional Arabic, and the Kumzari language, as well as to a greater understanding of their speakers' mastery in harvesting the seas. Diverse contributions by scholars and language community members explore the songs and stories, experiences and viewpoints of indigenous fishers, and shed light on the cultural significance of the maritime species encountered by each community. This book is a testimony to resilient ways of life, many of which have vanished, but which at the same time may offer unique answers for the future of humanity.
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