Gregory Forth

Nage Birds

Classification and symbolism among an eastern Indonesian people

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This unusual and richly-illustrated book is the story of the relationship between the Nage people of eastern Indonesia and the birds alongside which they co-exist. Based on fieldwork carried out over a period of some fifteen years, it aims for a total view of how a human community interacts with another zoological class, giving birds a chosen place in human ideas and social practice. As well as a fascinating ornithological study of Indonesian bird life, Nage Birds offers a much-needed critique of current theoretical argument on how non-Western societies categorize and evaluate different species and modes of being.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9780415864503
• ISBN-10: 041586450X
• Artikelnr.: 37314834

Autorenporträt

Forth, Gregory

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Ethno-ornithological Classification:
Generic Categories and Ethno-taxonomy Chapter 3: Intermediate Categories,
Binary Associations, and Nomenclature Chapter 4: Things That Go Po In The
Night: Ethnotaxonomy and Symbolic Classification Chapter 5: Spiritual Birds
Chapter 6: Birds as Omens and Taboo Chapter 7: Hibernating Swallows, Kite
Stones, and the Legless Nightjar: Some Curiosities of Nage Bird Knowledge
Chapter 8: Birds in Myth and Metaphor Chapter 9: The Story of Tupa Lelu, or
How Birds of Prey Became Chicken Thieves Chapter 10: Comparisons and
Conclusions