{"product_id":"why-the-porcupine-is-not-a-bird-explorations-in-the-folk-zoology-of-an-eastern-indonesian-people-hardback-9781487500047","title":"Why the Porcupine Is not a Bird; Explorations in the Folk Zoology of an Eastern Indonesian People (Hardback) 9781487500047","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWhy the Porcupine Is not a Bird\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eExplorations in the Folk Zoology of an Eastern Indonesian People\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGregory Forth (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487500047\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 February 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e400 pages, 2 figures, 3 maps\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 16.5 x 2.5 cm, 0.7 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x2018;This book is valuable for specialists in Indonesia and in folk classification systems.\u0026amp;#x2019;\u003c\/p\u003e - E.N, Anderson (Choice Magazine vol 54:02:2016) \u003cp\u003e\u0026amp;#x2018;A thought provoking monograph based on authors\u0026amp;#x2019; thirty years of field research. It is a good book to think with.\u0026amp;#x2019;\u003c\/p\u003e - Nathan Porath (Journal of the Humanities \u0026amp; Social Sciences of Southeast Asia. Vol 172:04:2016)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhy the Porcupine Is Not a Bird\u003c\/em\u003e is a comprehensive analysis of knowledge of animals among the Nage people of central Flores in Indonesia. Gregory Forth sheds light on the ongoing anthropological debate surrounding the categorization of animals in small-scale non-Western societies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForth’s detailed discussion of how the Nage people conceptualize their relationship to the animal world covers the naming and classification of animals, their symbolic and practical use, and the ecology of central Flores and its change over the years. His study reveals the empirical basis of Nage classifications, which align surprisingly well with the taxonomies of modern biologists. It also shows how the Nage employ systems of symbolic and utilitarian classification distinct from their general taxonomy. A tremendous source of ethnographic detail, \u003cem\u003eWhy the Porcupine Is Not a Bird\u003c\/em\u003e is an important contribution to the fields of ethnobiology and cognitive anthropology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNote on Orthography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1. Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2. Investigating Folk Knowledge: A Methodological Prospectus\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3. Animals, Humans, and Other Mammals\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart 1: Mammals\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4. Animals of the Village: Domestic and Partly Domestic Mammals\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5. The Giant Rat of Flores and Other Never Domesticated Mammals\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6. Symbolic and Utilitarian Dimensions of Mammal Categories: Varieties of Special Purpose Classification\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart 2: Non-mammals\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7. Birds, or “Creatures that Fly High in the Sky”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8. Snakes: The Life-form Nipa\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9. Neither Fish nor Fowl: A Non-mammalian Miscellany\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10. Things with Tails but without Backbones: Invertebrates in Nage Folk Zoology\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart 3: Comparisons and Curiosities\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11. What’s in an Animal Name: Comparative Observations on Animal Nomenclature, Classification, and Symbolism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12. When Birds Turn Into Mammals and Mammals into Fish: Nage “Beliefs” about Animal Transformation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13. Animal Mysteries and Disappearing Animals\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14. Concluding Remarks\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 1. Terms for Human and Animal Body Parts\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 2. Growth Stages in Several Wild Animals\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 3. Nage Invertebrate Categories\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 4. 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