Power of Animals (Record no. 2383)

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005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781859732250
037 ## - SOURCE OF ACQUISITION
Source of stock number/acquisition Taylor & Francis
Terms of availability GBP 37.99
Form of issue BB
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Original cataloging agency 01
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Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng
072 7# - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE
Subject category code JHM
Source thema
072 7# - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE
Subject category code JHM
Source bic
072 7# - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE
Subject category code SOC002000
Source bisac
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Subject category code 306.096897
Source bisac
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Brian Morris
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Power of Animals
Remainder of title An Ethnography
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 1
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Oxford
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Routledge
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 20001101
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 276 p
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Expansion of summary note The multiple ways in which people relate to animals provide a revealing window through which to examine a culture. Western cultures tend to view animals either as pets or food, and often overlook the vast number of roles that they may play within a culture and in social life more generally: their use in medicine, folk traditions and rituals. This comprehensive and very readable study focuses on Malawi people and their rich and varied relationship with animals -- from hunting through to their use as medicine. More broadly, through a rigorous and detailed study the author provides insights which show how the people's relationship to their world manifests itself not strictly in social relations, but just as tellingly in their relatioships with animals -- that, in fact, animals constitute a vital role in social relations. While significantly advancing classic African ethnographic studies, this book also incorporates current debates in a wide range of disciplines -- from anthropology through to gender studies and ecology.

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