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Campesinos, Manatee Hunting, and Environmental Regret in Veracruz, Mexico

Bibliographic Data

ID2284604
AuthorsEileen M Smith‐cavro, Eileen Smith-Cavros (Nova Southeastern University), Sylvia Duluc‐silva (Nova Southeastern University), María Del Carmen Rodríguez (0000-0001-5367-5771, National Institute of Anthropology and History), Ponciano Ortíz (National Institute of Anthropology and History), Edward O Keith (Florida State University)
Year2012
Volume34
Issue1
Pages68-80
Publication date2012-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCulture Agriculture Food and Environment (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2153-9553 • E-ISSN: 2153-9561
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.2153-9561.2012.01065.x
OpenAlexW2155815858
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited17

Self-identified campesinos were interviewed in rural Veracruz, Mexico as part of this qualitative research study. Participants had firsthand historical knowledge about hunting the Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) or about preparing the manatee for human consumption. The lagoon ecosystem that surrounds the area is greatly degraded and its contemporary inhabitants speak of the past with a great deal of wistfulness and a sense of loss characterized as "environmental regret." The study examines the evolving local environmental and cultural practices, attitudes, and circumstances

Biology · Environmental ethics · Ethnology · Fishery · Geography · Manatee · Regret · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Indigenous Studies and Ecology

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