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Why the Porcupine is Not a Bird : Explorations in the Folk Zoology of an Eastern Indonesian People /

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Why the Porcupine Is Not a Bird 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. Forth's detai...

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Main Author:	Forth, Gregory (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	Inglés
Published:	London : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
Series:	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:	Ethnozoology. NATURE / General SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General. NATURE > Animals > Wildlife. NATURE > Animals > General. Ethnozoologie > Indonesie > Flores. Nage (Peuple d'Indonesie) > Ethnozoologie > Indonesie > Flores. Ethnozoology > Indonesia > Flores Island. Nage (Indonesian people) > Ethnozoology > Indonesia > Flores Island. Indonesia > Flores Island. Electronic books.
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