Morel Tales
Subtitle: THE CULTURE OF MUSHROOMING
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: March 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780252071317
Subjects: Applied ecology; Botany & plant sciences; Ethnic studies; Human biology; Social & cultural anthropology; Ethnobotany; Sociology; Human Geography; Mushrooms; Nature / Mushrooms; Anthropology - Cultural; Human Ecology; Mushrooms, Edible; Social aspects
First sentence: The early autumn air was crisp and bright.
Description: "A landmark work of environmental sociology, Morel Tales is an engaging and instructive examination of a thriving community, one with its own language, ceremonies, jokes, narratives, rivalries, and social codes. Fine also provides a detailed discussion of the American phenomenon he calls "naturework" - that is, culturally constructing one's own place in the natural environment through communities with shared systems of assigned meaning."--BOOK JACKET.