Totemism and Human-Animal Relations in West Africa

ISBN-13: 9780367861865 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 208 str.

Sharon Merz

Opis

Focusing on totemic relationships with animals among the Bebelibe of West Africa, this book employs the concepts of ‘presencing’ and ‘the ontological penumbra’ to shed light on the ways in which people make sense of the world around them, showing how these concepts account for empathetic and intersubjective encounters with non-human animals.

Spis treści

1. An Historical Review of Totemism  2. Penumbras, Ontons and Presencing  3. Hunting and Domestication  4. Killing and Consumption  5. Body-Shifting  6. Totem Crocodiles and Pythons  7. Ontology of Human–Animal Relations

O autorze

Sharon Merz is a senior anthropology consultant for SIL International. She also lectures in anthropology at Moorlands College, Christchurch, UK, and at the Theological College of Northern Nigeria, Jos, Nigeria.