A dog pissing at the edge of a path : animal metaphors in an eastern Indonesian society /

"The Nage people of the eastern Indonesian island of Flores refer to someone who begins something but is regularly distracted by other matters as "a dog pissing at the edge of a path." In this first comprehensive study of animal metaphors in a non-Western society, Gregory Forth focuse...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Forth, Gregory (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2019]
Temas:
Metaphor > Social aspects > Indonesia > Flores Island.
Animals > Social aspects > Indonesia > Flores Island.
Human-animal relationships > Indonesia > Flores Island.
Nage (Indonesian people) > Social life and customs.
Nage (Indonesian people) > Ethnozoology > Indonesia > Flores Island.
Nage (Peuple d'Indonésie) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Nage (Peuple d'Indonésie) > Ethnozoologie > Indonésie > Flores.
Métaphore > Aspect social > Indonésie > Flores.
Animaux > Aspect social > Indonésie > Flores.
Relations homme-animal > Indonésie > Flores.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Animals > Social aspects.
Human-animal relationships.
Metaphor > Social aspects.
Indonesia > Flores Island.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introductory Matters
  • Metaphors and "Metaphor" in Human-Animal Relations
  • Domestic Mammal Metaphors
  • and Some Wild Variants
  • Mammals in Metaphor: Exclusively Wild Kinds
  • Talking with Birds
  • Other Non-Mammals in Metaphor: Snakes, Lizards, Fish, Frogs, and More
  • Metaphors with Bugs: Insects and Other Invertebrates
  • The Differential Metaphorical Value of Different Animals
  • Animal Metaphors in Social and Ontological Perspective.

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