Managing Animals in New Guinea analyzes the place of animals in the lives of New Guinea Highlanders. Looking at issues of zoological classification, hunting of wild animals and management of domesticated ones, notably pigs, it asks how natural parameters affect people's livelihood strategies and their relations with animals and the wider environment.
ISBN: | 9780415863056 |
Publication date: | 9th September 2013 |
Author: | Paul Sillitoe |
Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 416 pages |
Series: | Studies in Environmental Anthropology |
Genres: |
Anthropology Indigenous peoples Cultural studies Zoology and animal sciences |