Nature/Culture/Seawater

American Anthropologist

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 132-144

  Helmreich, Stefan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Maritime anthropology; Nature culture; Sargasso Sea; Sea Islands; Social theory

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; NATURAL SCIENCE; SEAWEED; SOCIOLOGY; SYMBOLISM;

ANTHROPOLOGY; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CULTURE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; NATURE; SEAWATER; SEAWEED; SOCIOLOGY; SYMBOLISM; WEST INDIES;

EID: 79951537346     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1433.2010.01311.x     Document Type: Article

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