Keywords:
Human-plant relationships.
;
Plant diversity.
;
Agriculture.
;
Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
This book takes a journey around the world to demonstrate how plants influence people's lives. From mealtimes to belief systems, from addictions to medical support, plants are instrumental in organising what people do, and what it means to be human.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (173 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781837720507
Series Statement:
Materialities in Anthropology and Archaeology Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=7263180
DDC:
581.63
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: Talking of (and with) (the Materiality of) Plants -- 2 The Materiality of Plants: Plant-People Entanglements -- 3 Plants as Medicine in the Anthropocene -- 4 The World Tree: Humans, Trees and Creation on the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta -- 5 Composing with Plants: Discerning their Call -- 6 The Matter of Knowing Plant Medicine as Ecology: From Vegetal Philosophy and Plant Science to Tea Tasting in the Anthropocene -- 7 Escaping to the Garden and Tasting Life -- 8 'The crop that ruled our lives': Memories of Tobacco among Former Growers in Australia -- Notes.
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