Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People

Colonialism, Nature, and Social Action
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-0-8135-8419-5
Verlag: Rutgers University Press

Buch, Englisch, 306 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 441 g

Reihe: Nature, Society, and Culture

Since time before memory, large numbers of salmon have made their way up and down the Klamath River. Indigenous management enabled the ecological abundance that formed the basis of capitalist wealth across North America. These activities on the landscape continue today, although they are often the site of intense political struggle. Not only has the magnitude of Native American genocide been of remarkable little sociological focus, the fact that this genocide has been coupled with a reorganization of the natural world represents a substantial theoretical void. Whereas much attention has (rightfully) focused on the structuring of capitalism, racism and patriarchy, few sociologists have attended to the ongoing process of North American colonialism. Salmon and Acorns Feed Our People draws upon nearly two decades of examples and insight from Karuk experiences on the Klamath River to illustrate how the ecological dynamics of settler-colonialism are essential for theorizing gender, race and social power today.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Norgaard, Kari Marie

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau Forstwirtschaft, Forstwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Fragen & Probleme
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Limnologie (Süßwasser)
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Angewandte Ökologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Tierhaltung Fischerei, Fischzucht, Aquakultur

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Kari Marie Norgaard is a non-Native Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies at University of Oregon, author of Living in Denial: Climate Change, Emotions and Everyday Life (MIT Press, 2011), and other publications on the intersections of gender, race, climate change and sociology of emotions. She has engaged in environmental justice policy work with the Karuk Tribe since 2003.