Nage Birds : Classification and symbolism among an eastern Indonesian people

Name: Nage Birds
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
SKU: 9780415318273
Price: 18700 KES
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ISBN: 9780415318273

by Gregory Forth

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Format Hardback

Book Series Studies in Environmental Anthropology

ISBN-10 0415318270

ISBN-13 9780415318273

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Imprint Routledge

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Sep 11th, 2003

Print length 248 Pages

Weight 522 grams

Product Classification: Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity Indigenous peoples Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography Social and cultural anthropology

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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.

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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