Frank Muttenzer

Being Ethical among Vezo People

Fisheries, Livelihoods, and Conservation in Madagascar

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Produktbeschreibung

In Being Ethical among Vezo People, Frank Muttenzer analyzes environmental change in reef ecosystems of southwest Madagascar and the impacts of globalized fishery markets on Vezo people's material well-being. Muttenzer describes fishers' perceptions of the physical environment in the context of changing livelihood and ritual practices.

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Produktdetails

• Anthropology of Well-Being: Individual, Community, Society
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 524g
• ISBN-13: 9781498593298
• ISBN-10: 1498593291
• Artikelnr.: 58733202

Autorenporträt

Frank Muttenzer is lecturer of social anthropology at the University of Lucerne.

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations
Preface
Introduction: Ecological Psychology and the Anthropology of Well-Being
Part I - Fishing Livelihoods
Chapter 1 - Luck with Marriage: Being Ethical among Ritually Constituted
Persons
Chapter 2 - The Group Ethos: Human Affordances of the Sea Cucumber Fishery
Chapter 3 - Knowing How to Fish: Scarcity, Markets and Wishful Thinking
Chapter 4 - The Unenclosed Commons: What Goes Without Saying among Octopus
Gleaners
Part II- Moral Luck
Chapter 5 - The Blue Growth Narrative: Assigning Blame for Resource
Depletion
Chapter 6 - Geopolitics of the Marine Frontier: Taboo and Sacrifice in the
Barren Isles
Chapter 7 - Fishing Magic and Shared Doubt: Seasonal Migrants' Ritual Cycle
Chapter 8 - The Reliability of Oracles: A Pledge to Confirm What the
Spirits Say
Conclusion: Well-Being, Ecology, and Moral Disagreement
Bibliography
Index
About the Author