{"product_id":"among-the-bone-eaters-marcus-baynes-rock-9780271067209","title":"Among the Bone Eaters: Encounters with Hyenas in Harar","description":"\u003cp\u003eBiologists studying large carnivores in wild places usually do so from a distance, using telemetry and noninvasive methods of data collection. So what happens when an anthropologist studies a clan of spotted hyenas, Africa's second-largest carnivores, up close--and in a city of a hundred thousand inhabitants? In \u003ci\u003eAmong the Bone Eaters\u003c\/i\u003e, Marcus Baynes-Rock takes us to the ancient city of Harar in Ethiopia, where the \u003ci\u003egey waraba\u003c\/i\u003e (hyenas of the city) are welcome in the streets and appreciated by the locals for the protection they provide from harmful spirits and dangerous \"mountain\" hyenas. They've even become a local tourist attraction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the start of his research in Harar, Baynes-Rock contended with difficult conditions, stone-throwing children, intransigent bureaucracy, and wary hyena subjects intent on avoiding people. After months of frustration, three young hyenas drew him into the hidden world of the Sofi clan. He discovered the elements of a hyena's life, from the delectability of dead livestock and the nuisance of dogs to the unbounded thrill of hyena chase-play under the light of a full moon. Baynes-Rock's personal relations with the hyenas from the Sofi clan expand the conceptual boundaries of human-animal relations. This is multispecies ethnography that reveals its messy, intersubjective, dangerously transformative potential.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marcus Baynes-Rock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271067209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271067209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 7.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2016","brand":"Marcus Baynes-Rock","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44761017319679,"sku":"9780271067209","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_551f70e1-c2c8-45c5-acce-e009774c910e.jpg?v=1706680138","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/among-the-bone-eaters-marcus-baynes-rock-9780271067209","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}