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Morel Tales: THE CULTURE OF MUSHROOMING
Gary Alan Fine
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Description for Morel Tales: THE CULTURE OF MUSHROOMING
Paperback. Describes how people and groups attempt to give meaning to the natural world that surrounds them. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL; JHMC; PST; PSX; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 458. Weight in Grams: 450.
Drawing on the observations of three years spent in the company of dedicated amateur mushroomers and professional mycologists, Gary Alan Fine explores the ways in which Americans attempt to give meaning to the natural world, while providing an eye-opening look inside the cultures they construct around its study and appreciation.
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 ... Read more
Drawing on the observations of three years spent in the company of dedicated amateur mushroomers and professional mycologists, Gary Alan Fine explores the ways in which Americans attempt to give meaning to the natural world, while providing an eye-opening look inside the cultures they construct around its study and appreciation.
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252071317
SKU
V9780252071317
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Ref
99-1
About Gary Alan Fine
Gary Alan Fine is a professor of sociology at Northwestern University and the author of nineteen books, including Kitchens: The Culture of Restaurant Work, and Gifted Tongues: High School Debate and Adolescent Culture.
Reviews for Morel Tales: THE CULTURE OF MUSHROOMING
Reviews from earlier edition "In a way that has come to characterize his work, Fine ... gets serious without losing his sense of humor. As with the best of good sociology, we are quickly persuaded that by studying seemingly esoteric behavior, mushroom hunting, we can learn about basic social processes."
Robert Bogdan, in Contemporary Sociology Many gushing reviews exist, ... Read more
Robert Bogdan, in Contemporary Sociology Many gushing reviews exist, ... Read more