Morel Tales: The Culture of Mushrooming

by Gary Alan Fine

Book Overview

In this thoughtful book, Gary Fine explores how Americans attempt to give meaning to the natural world that surrounds them. Although "nature" has often been treated as an unproblematic reality, Fine suggests that the meanings we assign to the natural environment are culturally grounded. In other words, there is no nature separate from culture. He calls this process of cultural construction and interpretation, "naturework." Of course, there is no...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674089359
• ISBN13: 9780674089358
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"