Introduction: Crafting the stories, and the story, of here -- A very brief orienting interlude: cultures, politics, and interconnections across difference -- Narrating environmentalism in a biodiversity hotspot -- Striving for land and livelihood -- Overcoming historical silence by finding voice in the present -- Creating a politics of place -- Conclusion: Walking with social-environmental activists Epilogue: Fieldwork = Familywork -- Reflecting on theory and method -- Glossary of Portuguese terms
Summary
"This book looks at social-environmental activism in one of the world's most important and threatened tropical forests-Southern Bahia, Brazil. It explores what it means to be in and of a place through the lenses of history, environment, identity, class, and culture. It uncovers not only what separates people but also what brings them together as they struggle and strive to create their individual and collective paradise"-- Provided by publisher