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Author:   Gregory Forth
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.700kg
ISBN:  

9781487500047

ISBN 10:   1487500041
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   26 February 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

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

Reviews

‘This book is valuable for specialists in Indonesia and in folk classification systems.’ -- E.N, Anderson * Choice Magazine vol 54:02:2016 * ‘A thought provoking monograph based on authors’ thirty years of field research. It is a good book to think with.’ -- Nathan Porath * Journal of the Humanities & Social Sciences of Southeast Asia. Vol 172:04:2016 *

'This book is valuable for specialists in Indonesia and in folk classification systems.' -- E.N, Anderson Choice Magazine vol 54:02:2016

Author Information

Gregory Forth is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Alberta and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

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