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      Totemism and Human–Animal Relations in West Africa
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      Totemism and Human–Animal Relations in West Africa

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      Totemism and Human–Animal Relations in West Africa book

      BySharon Merz
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2021
      eBook Published 30 March 2021
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003017578
      Pages 216
      eBook ISBN 9781003017578
      Subjects Humanities, Social Sciences
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      Merz, S. (2021). Totemism and Human–Animal Relations in West Africa (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003017578

      ABSTRACT

      This book explores human–animal relations amongst the Bebelibe of West Africa, with a focus on the establishment of totemic relationships with animals, what these relationships entail and the consequences of abusing them. Employing and developing the concepts of "presencing" and "the ontological penumbra" to shed light on the manner in which people make present and engage in the world around them, including the shadowy spaces that have to be negotiated in order to make sense of the world, the author shows how these concepts account for empathetic and intersubjective encounters with non-human animals. Grounded in rich ethnographic work, Totemism and Human–Animal Relations in West Africa offers a reappraisal of totemism and considers the implications of the ontological turn in understanding human–animal relations. As such, it will appeal to anthropologists, sociologists and anthrozoologists concerned with human–animal interaction.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter |10 pages

      Introduction

      chapter 1|32 pages

      An historical review of totemism

      chapter 2|19 pages

      Penumbras, ontons and presencing

      chapter 3|23 pages

      Hunting and domestication

      chapter 4|30 pages

      Killing and consumption

      chapter 5|14 pages

      Body-shifting

      chapter 6|33 pages

      Totem crocodiles and pythons

      chapter 7|19 pages

      Ontology of human–animal relations

      chapter |4 pages

      Conclusion

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