Let Shepherding Endure
Subtitle: Applied Anthropology and the Preservation of a Cultural Tradition in Israel and the Middle East (Suny Series in Anthroplogy and Judaic Studies)
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: August 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780791458068
Subjects: Social & cultural anthropology; Pastoral systems; Israel; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology; Middle East; Shepherds; Anthropology - Cultural; Bedouins; Middle East - General
Description: "Let Shepherding Endure proposes new ways for 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 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."--Jacket.