Living with Herds : Human-Animal Coexistence in Mongolia.

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Examines the process of animal domestication in an ethnographic account of herders and their animals in the mountains of Mongolia.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fijn, Natasha
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Herding > Mongolia.
Domestication > Mongolia.
Human-animal relationships > Mongolia.
Conduite du troupeau > Mongolie.
Domestication > Mongolie.
Relations homme-animal > Mongolie.
Domestication
Herding
Human-animal relationships
Manners and customs
Mongolia > Social life and customs.
Mongolia
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; LISTS OF PLATES, FIGURES, MAPS, TABLES, AND ONLINE VIDEO SEGMENTS; GLOSSARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; LIVINGWITH HERDS; SPRING; PART ONE: CROSSING BOUNDARIES; PROLOGUE: LIFE IN THE KHANGAI MOUNTAINS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 AMONGOLIAN ETHO-ETHNOGRAPHY; PART TWO: THE SOCIAL HERD; 3 SOCIAL SPHERES; 4 NAMES, SYMBOLS, COLOURS, AND BREEDING; 5 MULTISPECIES ENCULTURATION; 6 TAMENESS AND CONTROL; PART THREE: LIVING WITH HERDS; 7 IN THE LAND OF THE HORSE; 8 THE CYCLE OF LIFE: BIRTH TO DEATH, SPRING TOWINTER; 9 THE DOMESTIC AND THEWILD; 10 THE SACRED ANIMAL; CONCLUSION.

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