Why the Porcupine is Not a Bird
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 detailed discussion of how the Nage people conceptualize their relationship to the animal world covers the nami...
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 detailed discussion of how the Nage people conceptualize their relationship to the animal world covers the nami...
