{"product_id":"why-the-porcupine-is-not-a-bird-9781487500047","title":"Why the Porcupine is Not a Bird","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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 \u0026amp; Social Sciences of Southeast Asia. Vol 172:04:2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  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","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409136427351,"sku":"9781487500047","price":57.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487500047.jpg?v=1730505572","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/why-the-porcupine-is-not-a-bird-9781487500047","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}