The ethnobotany of Eden :: rethinking the jungle medicine narrative /
"In the mysterious and pristine forests of the tropics, a wealth of ethnobotanical panaceas and shamanic knowledge promises cures for everything from cancer and AIDS to the common cold. To access such miracles, we need only to discover and protect these medicinal treasures before they succumb t...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "In the mysterious and pristine forests of the tropics, a wealth of ethnobotanical panaceas and shamanic knowledge promises cures for everything from cancer and AIDS to the common cold. To access such miracles, we need only to discover and protect these medicinal treasures before they succumb to the corrosive forces of the modern world. A compelling biocultural story, certainly, and a popular perspective on the lands and peoples of equatorial latitudes--but true? Only in part. In The Ethnobotany of Eden, geographer Robert A. Voeks unravels the long lianas of history and occasional strands of truth that gave rise to this irresistible jungle medicine narrative. By exploring the interconnected worlds of anthropology, botany, and geography, Voeks shows that well-intentioned scientists and environmentalists originally crafted the jungle narrative with the primary goal of saving the world's tropical rainforests from destruction. It was a strategy deployed to address a pressing environmental problem, one that appeared at a propitious point in history just as the Western world was taking a more globalized view of environmental issues. And yet, although supported by science and its practitioners, the story was also underpinned by a persuasive mix of myth, sentimentality, and nostalgia for a long-lost tropical Eden. Resurrecting the fascinating history of plant prospecting in the tropics, from the colonial era to the present day, The Ethnobotany of Eden rewrites with modern science the degradation narrative we've built up around tropical forests, revealing the entangled origins of our fables of forest cures."--Publisher's description |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xii, 321 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226547855 022654785X |
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| spelling | Voeks, Robert A., 1950- author. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjCWcdbfHt4Xcxfv8mXwFq http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96121665 The ethnobotany of Eden : rethinking the jungle medicine narrative / Robert A. Voeks. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2018. 1 online resource (xii, 321 pages) : illustrations, maps text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record. God's medicine chest -- Terra mythica -- People in the forest -- Green gold -- Weeds in the garden -- Gender and healing -- Immigrant ethnobotany -- Forgetting the forest -- Environmental narratives. "In the mysterious and pristine forests of the tropics, a wealth of ethnobotanical panaceas and shamanic knowledge promises cures for everything from cancer and AIDS to the common cold. To access such miracles, we need only to discover and protect these medicinal treasures before they succumb to the corrosive forces of the modern world. A compelling biocultural story, certainly, and a popular perspective on the lands and peoples of equatorial latitudes--but true? Only in part. In The Ethnobotany of Eden, geographer Robert A. Voeks unravels the long lianas of history and occasional strands of truth that gave rise to this irresistible jungle medicine narrative. By exploring the interconnected worlds of anthropology, botany, and geography, Voeks shows that well-intentioned scientists and environmentalists originally crafted the jungle narrative with the primary goal of saving the world's tropical rainforests from destruction. It was a strategy deployed to address a pressing environmental problem, one that appeared at a propitious point in history just as the Western world was taking a more globalized view of environmental issues. And yet, although supported by science and its practitioners, the story was also underpinned by a persuasive mix of myth, sentimentality, and nostalgia for a long-lost tropical Eden. Resurrecting the fascinating history of plant prospecting in the tropics, from the colonial era to the present day, The Ethnobotany of Eden rewrites with modern science the degradation narrative we've built up around tropical forests, revealing the entangled origins of our fables of forest cures."--Publisher's description Ethnobotany Tropics. Traditional medicine Tropics. Botany, Medical. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85016008 Medicinal plants. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083063 Ethnobotany. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045192 Rain forests. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85111193 Medicine, Traditional Plants, Medicinal Drug Discovery Natural Resources Rainforest https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D065947 Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Colonialism Ethnobotany Ethnobotanique Régions tropicales. Plantes médicinales. Ethnobotanique. Forêts pluviales. rainforests. aat SCIENCE Life Sciences Botany. bisacsh Medicinal plants fast Botany, Medical fast Ethnobotany fast Traditional medicine fast Tropics fast has work: The ethnobotany of Eden (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCH7pJmtRhWTKcgHvbXQgDm https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Voeks, Robert A., 1950- Ethnobotany of Eden. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2018 9780226547718 (DLC) 2017042871 (OCoLC)1004256540 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1649797 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Voeks, Robert A., 1950- The ethnobotany of Eden : rethinking the jungle medicine narrative / God's medicine chest -- Terra mythica -- People in the forest -- Green gold -- Weeds in the garden -- Gender and healing -- Immigrant ethnobotany -- Forgetting the forest -- Environmental narratives. Ethnobotany Tropics. Traditional medicine Tropics. Botany, Medical. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85016008 Medicinal plants. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083063 Ethnobotany. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045192 Rain forests. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85111193 Medicine, Traditional Plants, Medicinal Drug Discovery Natural Resources Rainforest https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D065947 Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Colonialism Ethnobotany Ethnobotanique Régions tropicales. Plantes médicinales. Ethnobotanique. Forêts pluviales. rainforests. aat SCIENCE Life Sciences Botany. bisacsh Medicinal plants fast Botany, Medical fast Ethnobotany fast Traditional medicine fast |
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| title | The ethnobotany of Eden : rethinking the jungle medicine narrative / |
| title_auth | The ethnobotany of Eden : rethinking the jungle medicine narrative / |
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| title_full | The ethnobotany of Eden : rethinking the jungle medicine narrative / Robert A. Voeks. |
| title_fullStr | The ethnobotany of Eden : rethinking the jungle medicine narrative / Robert A. Voeks. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The ethnobotany of Eden : rethinking the jungle medicine narrative / Robert A. Voeks. |
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| topic | Ethnobotany Tropics. Traditional medicine Tropics. Botany, Medical. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85016008 Medicinal plants. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083063 Ethnobotany. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045192 Rain forests. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85111193 Medicine, Traditional Plants, Medicinal Drug Discovery Natural Resources Rainforest https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D065947 Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Colonialism Ethnobotany Ethnobotanique Régions tropicales. Plantes médicinales. Ethnobotanique. Forêts pluviales. rainforests. aat SCIENCE Life Sciences Botany. bisacsh Medicinal plants fast Botany, Medical fast Ethnobotany fast Traditional medicine fast |
| topic_facet | Ethnobotany Tropics. Traditional medicine Tropics. Botany, Medical. Medicinal plants. Ethnobotany. Rain forests. Medicine, Traditional Plants, Medicinal Drug Discovery Natural Resources Rainforest Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Colonialism Ethnobotany Ethnobotanique Régions tropicales. Plantes médicinales. Ethnobotanique. Forêts pluviales. rainforests. SCIENCE Life Sciences Botany. Medicinal plants Botany, Medical Traditional medicine Tropics |
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