Totemism and human-animal relations in West Africa / Sharon Merz.

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Taylor & Francis Link
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ISBN
9781003017578 electronic book
1003017576 electronic book
9781000370409 (e-book)
1000370402
9781000370416 (electronic bk. : EPUB)
1000370410 (electronic bk. : EPUB)
9780367861865 hardcover
9780367753153
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yazar
Merz, Sharon, 1969-
Yayın Bilgisi
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
©2021
Fiziksel Niteleme
1 online resource (208 pages).
Dizi
Multispecies encounters
İçindekiler Notu
An historical review of totemism -- Ontological penumbras, ontons and presencing -- Hunting and domestication -- Killing and consumption -- Body-shifting -- Totem crocodiles and pythons -- Ontology human-animal relations.
Özet, vb.
"This book explores human-animal relations amongst the Bebelibe of West Africa, with a focus on the establishment of totemic relationships with animals, what these relationships entail and the consequences of abusing them. Employing and developing the concepts of 'presencing' and 'the ontological penumbra' to shed light on the manner in which people make present and engage in the world around them, including the shadowy spaces that have to be negotiated in order to make sense of the world, the author shows how these concepts account for empathetic and intersubjective encounters with non-human animals. Grounded in rich ethnographic work, Totemism and Human-Animal Relations in West Africa offers a reappraisal of totemism and considers the implications of the ontological turn in understanding human-animal relations. As such, it will appeal to anthropologists, sociologists and anthrozoologists concerned with human-animal interaction"-- Provided by publisher.
Konu
Totemism __ Africa, West.
Animals __ Symbolic aspects __ Africa, West.
Human-animal relationships __ Africa, West.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General __ bisacsh
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General __ bisacsh
Veritabanı
Taylor & Francis
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