Addresses how shepherding communities in Israel and the Middle East
might be preserved. Examining the crucial problems confronting
present-day livestock breeders, principally Bedouin and Jews in
Israel, but also pastoral nomads in neighboring Middle Eastern
countries, Let Shepherding Endure proposes new ways for these
governments to enhance and sustain the long-term future development of
shepherding communities. Adopting a broad historical and
anthropological perspective on the topic, and assessing various
pastoral relief programs, Kressel proposes an alternative program
whereby the region's states would promote a brand of pastoralism that
preserves rangeland herding while keeping in step with the
contemporary cultural and political context. This truly visionary set
of recommendations would have several dividends, especially for the
Bedouin: their cultural legacy, in danger of obsolescence, would be
preserved while at the same time enhancing both their pastoral skills
and ability to secure a livelihood from herding.
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Applied Anthropology and the Preservation of a Cultural Tradition in Israel and the Middle East
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780791486467
Publisert
2021
Utgiver
State University of New York Press (SUNY Press)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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