Ethnozoology : animals in our lives /

Ethnozoology: Animals In Our Lives represents the first book about this discipline, providing a discussion on key themes on human-animal interactions and their implications, along with recent major advances in research. Humans share the world with a bewildering variety of other animals, and have int...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Alves, R�omulo Romeu N�obrega (Editor), Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino de (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London, United Kingdom ; San Diego, CA : Academic Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Ethnozoology.
Human-animal relationships.
Ethnozoologie.
Relations homme-animal.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Ethnozoology
Human-animal relationships
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Ethnozoology: Animals In Our Lives represents the first book about this discipline, providing a discussion on key themes on human-animal interactions and their implications, along with recent major advances in research. Humans share the world with a bewildering variety of other animals, and have interacted with them in different ways. This variety of interactions (both past and present) is investigated through ethnozoology, which is a hybrid discipline structured with elements from both the natural and social sciences, as it seeks to understand how humans have perceived and interacted with faunal resources throughout history. In a broader context, ethnozoology, and its companion discipline, ethnobotany, form part of the larger body of the science of ethnobiology. In recent years, the importance of ethnozoological/ethnobiological studies has increasingly been recognized, unsurprisingly given the strong human influence on biodiversity. From the perspective of ethnozoology, the book addresses all aspects of human connection, animals and health, from its use in traditional medicine, to bioprospecting derivatives of fauna for pharmaceuticals, with expert contributions from leading researchers in the field.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 540 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0128099143
9780128099148

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