Andean Meltdown: A Climate Ethnography of Water, Power, and Culture in Peru

by Karsten Paerregaard

Andean Meltdown examines how climate change and its consequences for Peru's glaciers are affecting the country's water supply and impacting Andean society and culture in unprecedented ways. Drawing on forty years of extensive research, relationship building, and community engagement in Peru, Karsten Paerregaard provides an ethnographic exploration of Andean ritual practices and performances in the context of an altered climate. By documenting...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520393910
• ISBN13: 9780520393912
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"