Gregory L. Forth Books
The Anthropology Of Extinction: Essays On Culture And Species Death
By Tracey Heatherington, Peter Whiteley, Paul B. Garrett, Gregory L. Forth, Laurie R. Godfrey, Genese Marie Sodikoff, Bernard C. Perley, Jill Constantino, Emilienne Rasoazanabary
Exploring the endings of species, languages, cultures, and ways of life, this collection “provocatively makes one think about extinction in novel ways.” —Biological Conservation We live in an era m...
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The Anthropology Of Extinction: Essays On Culture And Species Death
By Tracey Heatherington, Peter Whiteley, Paul B. Garrett, Gregory L. Forth, Laurie R. Godfrey, Genese Marie Sodikoff, Bernard C. Perley, Jill Constantino, Emilienne Rasoazanabary
We live in an era marked by an accelerating rate of species death, but since the early days of the discipline, anthropology has contemplated the death of languages, cultural groups, and ways of lif...
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The Anthropology Of Extinction: Essays On Culture And Species Death
By Tracey Heatherington, Peter Whiteley, Paul B. Garrett, Gregory L. Forth, Laurie R. Godfrey, Genese Marie Sodikoff, Bernard C. Perley, Jill Constantino, Emilienne Rasoazanabary
The Essays In This Collection Examine Processes Of--and Our Understanding Of--extinction Across Various Domains. The Contributors Argue That Extinction Events Can Be Catalysts For New Cultural, Soc...
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Nage Birds: Classification And Symbolism Among An Eastern Indonesian People
By Gregory L. Forth, Gregory Forth
This Book Describes In Detail The Relationship Between The Nage People Of Eastern Indonesia And The Birds Whose Environment They Share. Based On More Than A Decade Of Ethnographic Fieldwork, It Exp...
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Anthropology .Social And Cultural.Pearson Custon Edition
By N, Lee Cronk, Jeffrey H. Cohen, Gregory L. Forth, N/A
The book consists of classical readings in social and cultural anthropology: 1. Body ritual among the Nacirema / Horace Miner 2. On joking relationships / A.R. Radcliffe-Brown 3. When brothers shar...
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Rindi: An Ethnographic Study Of A Traditional Domain In Eastern Sumba
By Gregory L. Forth, Gregory Forth, Forth, Gregory L.
The author describes Rindi culture within an analytic framework that illustrates connexions between, and common principles among, often apparently disparate realms of thought and action. The book c...
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Beneath The Volcano
By Gregory L. Forth, Gregory Forth, Forth, Gregory L.
Beneath the Volcano is the first major account of the Nage, who inhabit the central part of Flores in eastern Indonesia. The book focuses on Nage ideas concerning a variety of spiritual beings an...
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Guardians Of The Land In Kelimado: Louis Fontijne'S Study Of A Colonial District In Eastern Indonesia
By Louis Fontijne, Han F. Vermeulen, Gregory L. Forth
"In 1940, a Dutch colonial officer named Louis Fontijne (1902-1968) was commissioned to conduct an investigation of indigenous land tenure and leadership in the Residency of Timor and Dependencies....
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Images Of The Wildman In Southeast Asia: An Anthropological Perspective
By Gregory L. Forth, Gregory Forth
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 cre...
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Images Of The Wildman In Southeast Asia: An Anthropological Perspective
By Gregory L. Forth, Gregory Forth
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 cre...
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