The Cultural Relations of Classification: An Analysis of Nuaulu Animal Categories from Central Seram - Rilegato

Libro 75 di 95: Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology

Ellen, Roy

 
9780521431149: The Cultural Relations of Classification: An Analysis of Nuaulu Animal Categories from Central Seram

Sinossi

This is an innovative study, which takes our understanding beyond the taxonomic abstraction characteristic of earlier work in the field.

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Descrizione del libro

An innovative study of the Nuaulu classificatory system of animal knowledge. It demonstrates how the classification system reflects an interaction between culture, cognitive processes and the material world.

Contenuti

1. Introduction; 2. The language of classification; 3. Processes of identification and the structure of categories; 4. The relations between non-basic categories; 5. Consistency, sharing and flexibility; 6. Social intrusions and cultural styles; 7. Changes in classifying behaviour; 8. Cognition and cultural relations of prehension; Appendices; Notes; References; Indexes.

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9780521025737: The Cultural Relations of Classfctn: An Analysis of Nuaulu Animal Categories from Central Seram

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0521025737 ISBN 13:  9780521025737
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008
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