Animals and Ancestors
An Ethnography
Ever since the emergence of human culture, people and animals have co-existed in close proximity. Humans have always recognized both their kinship with animals and their fundamental differences, as animals have always been a threat to humans' well-being. The relationship, therefore, has been complex, intimate, reciprocal, personal, and -- crucially -- ambivalent. It is hardly surprising that animals evoke strong emotions in humans, both positive and negative. This companion volume to Morris' important earlier work, The Power of Animals, is a sustained investigation of the Malawi people's sacramental attitude to animals, particularly the role…
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- ISBN: 978-1-00-018067-1
- EAN: 9781000180671
- Produktnummer: 34152322
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 300 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 3'502 KB
Über den Autor
Brian Morris Emeritus Professor of Anthropology,Goldsmiths College, University of London
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