Why the porcupine is not a bird : explorations in the folk zoology of an eastern Indonesian people
著者
書誌事項
Why the porcupine is not a bird : explorations in the folk zoology of an eastern Indonesian people
(Anthropological horizons)
University of Toronto Press, c2016
- : cloth
- : pbk
大学図書館所蔵 全2件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
  スウェーデン
  ノルウェー
  アメリカ
注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-362) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Why the Porcupine Is Not a Bird is a comprehensive analysis of knowledge of animals among the Nage people of central Flores in Indonesia. Gregory Forth sheds light on the ongoing anthropological debate surrounding the categorization of animals in small-scale non-Western societies. Forth's detailed discussion of how the Nage people conceptualize their relationship to the animal world covers the naming and classification of animals, their symbolic and practical use, and the ecology of central Flores and its change over the years. His study reveals the empirical basis of Nage classifications, which align surprisingly well with the taxonomies of modern biologists. It also shows how the Nage employ systems of symbolic and utilitarian classification distinct from their general taxonomy. A tremendous source of ethnographic detail, Why the Porcupine Is Not a Bird is an important contribution to the fields of ethnobiology and cognitive anthropology.
目次
Preface Note on Orthography Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Investigating Folk Knowledge: A Methodological Prospectus Chapter 3. Animals, Humans, and Other Mammals Part 1: Mammals Chapter 4. Animals of the Village: Domestic and Partly Domestic Mammals Chapter 5. The Giant Rat of Flores and Other Never Domesticated Mammals Chapter 6. Symbolic and Utilitarian Dimensions of Mammal Categories: Varieties of Special Purpose Classification Part 2: Non-mammals Chapter 7. Birds, or "Creatures that Fly High in the Sky" Chapter 8. Snakes: The Life-form Nipa Chapter 9. Neither Fish nor Fowl: A Non-mammalian Miscellany Chapter 10. Things with Tails but without Backbones: Invertebrates in Nage Folk Zoology Part 3: Comparisons and Curiosities Chapter 11. What's in an Animal Name: Comparative Observations on Animal Nomenclature, Classification, and Symbolism Chapter 12. When Birds Turn Into Mammals and Mammals into Fish: Nage "Beliefs" about Animal Transformation Chapter 13. Animal Mysteries and Disappearing Animals Chapter 14. Concluding Remarks Appendix 1. Terms for Human and Animal Body Parts Appendix 2. Growth Stages in Several Wild Animals Appendix 3. Nage Invertebrate Categories Appendix 4. Animal Names Used as Personal Names in Central Nage
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