The Power of Animals

An Ethnography

Brian Morris (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

276 Seiten

1998
Berg Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-85973-220-5 (ISBN)

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The multiple ways in which people relate to animals provide a revealing window through which to examine a culture. Western cultures tend to view animals either as pets or food, and often overlook the vast number of roles that they may play within a culture and in social life more generally: their use in medicine, folk traditions and rituals. This comprehensive and very readable study focuses on Malawi people and their rich and varied relationship with animals -- from hunting through to their use as medicine. More broadly, through a rigorous and detailed study the author provides insights which show how the people's relationship to their world manifests itself not strictly in social relations, but just as tellingly in their relatioships with animals -- that, in fact, animals constitute a vital role in social relations. While significantly advancing classic African ethnographic studies, this book also incorporates current debates in a wide range of disciplines -- from anthropology through to gender studies and ecology.

Brian Morris Emeritus Professor of Anthropology,Goldsmiths College, University of London

Introduction 1 Matrilineal Kinship and Subsistence Agriculture 2 Hunting Traditions 3 Folk Classifications 4 Attitudes to Nature

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.10.1998
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-85973-220-8 / 1859732208
ISBN-13	978-1-85973-220-5 / 9781859732205
Zustand	Neuware