The Sea Commands

Azenha do Mar is a fishing community on the southwest coast of Portugal. It came into existence around forty years ago, as an outcome of the abandonment of work in the fields and of propitious ecological conditions. This book looks at the migration processes since the founding of the community and how they relate to the social inequalities for property and labour which prevail today. The book also reflects upon the personal experience of the ethnographer in the field balancing the importance of methodology on the one hand and fieldwork as a research process on the other.

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1. A Monographic Overview: Azenha Do Mar's Place in Space and Time
Chapter 2. Archaeology of a Thought: Maritime Anthropology, Sea and  Perception of the Environment
Chapter 3. Fishing, Everyday Life and Relationships
Chapter 4. Personal Experience and Fieldwork
Chapter 5. 'Camones' and 'Natives': Tourists and Self-Consciousness
Chapter 6. Community: Residence, Identity and Environment
Conclusion
References
Index