Living with Herds: Human-Animal Coexistence in Mongolia

ISBN-13: 9781108431057 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 300 str.

Natasha Fijn

Opis

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

Recenzje

'The author contextualises her ethnographic and auto-ethnographic research with reference to ethological studies as much as with anthropological and this approach is more than justified … this book is a significant contribution for those engaged in the study of East and Central Asian cultures, as well as those interested in pastoralists and human-animal relationships more generally.' Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

Spis treści

Part I. Crossing Boundaries: Prologue; 1. Introduction; 2. A Mongolian etho-ethnography; Part II. The Social Herd: 3. Social spheres; 4. Names, symbols, colours and breeding; 5. Multi-species enculturation; 6. Tameness and control; Part III. Living with Herds: 7. In the land of the horse; 8. The cycle of life; 9. The domestic and the wild; 10. The sacred animal; Conclusion.