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| fixed length control field |
02650nam a22002177a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
9788125061601 |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title |
eng. |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
304.208994881 |
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CHH-T |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME |
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| Personal name |
Chhabra, Tarun |
| Relator term |
author |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The Toda landscape : |
| Sub Title |
explorations in cultural ecology / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Tarun Chhabra ; with a foreword by Anthony R. Walker. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication |
New Delhi : |
| Name of publisher |
Orient BlackSwa, |
| Year of publication |
2017. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Number of Pages |
xxiii, 543p. |
| Other physical details |
illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 27 cm |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
The Toda people of the Nilgiris District in south India are one of the oldest indigenous groups in South Asia; they are also reportedly among the most studied and written-about in the region. While the field was dominated by Western scholars in the beginning, Indian researchers and writers began contributing to Toda studies from the early twentieth century.<br/><br/>The Toda Landscape: Explorations in Cultural Ecology represents a major breakthrough in Toda studies. From his interactions with the Todas from 1990 onwards, the author, Tarun Chhabra, has collected and analysed ethnographic data that had eluded even the greatest of Western ethnographers. Through his first-hand narrative accounts of important Toda rituals, ceremonies and routines, all accompanied by visual documentation in the form of photographs and maps, he provides new data that will significantly aid the preservation of Toda traditional culture.<br/><br/>The Toda Landscape highlights previously unknown aspects of Toda cultural heritage:<br/><br/>Their sacred geography—sacred waters, sacred hills, and sacred trees and rocks.<br/><br/>Some sacred institutions, which have their own distinct, hitherto undocumented, rituals, and the intricacies of their traditional attire and embroidery motifs.<br/><br/>The entire domain of Toda ethnobotany.<br/><br/>The complex interweaving of myth and reality in Toda lives, evidenced in the routes Toda spirits are said to follow to their afterworld.<br/><br/>With its detailed descriptions of sparsely documented aspects of Toda life, all complemented with stunning photographs, The Toda Landscape is an invaluable addition to the field of social anthropology and cultural studies. Its focus on ethnobotany and the flora and fauna of the Nilgiris region will also greatly help students and scholars of environmental studies and botany. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
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| Language note |
English. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Toda (Indic people). |
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| Topical Term |
Human ecology |
| Geographic subdivision |
India |
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Nīlgiri (District). |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Social ecology |
| Geographic subdivision |
India |
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Nīlgiri (District). |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Toda (Indic people) |
| Geographic subdivision |
India |
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Nīlgiri (District) |
| General subdivision |
Ethnobotany |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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Books |
