Gregory Forth: 3 books
Why the Porcupine is Not a Bird
Explorations in the Folk Zoology of an Eastern Indonesian People
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2016
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.
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Images of the Wildman in Southeast Asia
An Anthropological Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
The book examines ‘wildmen’, images of hairy humanlike creatures known to rural villagers and other local people in Southeast Asia and elsewhere. Sometimes described in considerable detail, the creatures are reported as still living or as having survived until recent times. The aim of the book...
Nage Birds
Classification and symbolism among an eastern Indonesian people
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
This unusual and richly-illustrated book is the story of the relationship between the Nage people of eastern Indonesia and the birds alongside which they co-exist. Based on fieldwork carried out over a period of some fifteen years, it aims for a total view of how a human community interacts with another...