Gregory Forth
Why the Porcupine Is Not a Bird
Explorations in the Folk Zoology of an Eastern Indonesian People
Gregory Forth
Why the Porcupine Is Not a Bird
Explorations in the Folk Zoology of an Eastern Indonesian People
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Why the Porcupine Is Not a Bird is a comprehensive analysis of knowledge of animals among the Nage people of central Flores in Indonesia.
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Why the Porcupine Is Not a Bird is a comprehensive analysis of knowledge of animals among the Nage people of central Flores in Indonesia.
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- Verlag: University of Toronto Press
- Seitenzahl: 400
- Erscheinungstermin: 26. Februar 2016
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 231mm x 160mm x 30mm
- Gewicht: 703g
- ISBN-13: 9781487500047
- ISBN-10: 1487500041
- Artikelnr.: 43896924
- Verlag: University of Toronto Press
- Seitenzahl: 400
- Erscheinungstermin: 26. Februar 2016
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 231mm x 160mm x 30mm
- Gewicht: 703g
- ISBN-13: 9781487500047
- ISBN-10: 1487500041
- Artikelnr.: 43896924
By Gregory Forth
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
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
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
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