Gods, Groves and the Culture of Nature in Kerala

John Richardson Freeman

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Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies Forest Ecology and Conservation

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The substantive aim of this essay is to document popular attitudes towards the forest and its biotic resources through time as I have encountered these in the northernmost areas of the modern Indian state of Kerala. The interviews and folk-lore I have drawn upon in the present, however, are very much a legacy of Kerala's past. And since, sadly, most of the forests themselves have become a rapidly fading memory, my approach must be not only anthropological, but also folkloric and ethnohistorical.

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1971Homo Hierarchicus: The Caste System and Its Implications.2011A Journey from Madras through the Countries of Mysore, Canara, and Malabar 1973The cult of teyyam and hero worship in Kerala

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