The Power of Animals
An Ethnography
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…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-00-018451-8
- EAN: 9781000184518
- Produktnummer: 35488131
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 276 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 6'517 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
Über den Autor
Brian Morris Emeritus Professor of Anthropology,Goldsmiths College, University of London
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