{"product_id":"animal-myths-and-metaphors-in-gary-urton-9780874802054","title":"Animal Myths and Metaphors in South America","description":"What similarities and differences do humans see between themselves and animals? Why do people commonly make metaphorical comparisons between human beings or social groups and animals, and to what degree are people's attitudes and beliefs about animals parallel to or contingent upon their attitudes and beliefs about human beings and human society? This collection of articles considers these issues. The issues are basic in any study of \"totemism,\" or human and animal relationships, and they have been discussed in anthropological literature since the time of Lewis Henry Morgan's work on Iroquois social organization. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe contributors to this anthology have not limited themselves to the notion that clans and moieties are the only sources and objects of metaphorical comparisons between humans and animals. They suggest a shift in perspective that has metaphorical comparisons generated by conceived similarities and differences between animals and particular types of human beings. Some examples of this include macaw fledglings as adolescents; pumas as fully initiated men, and foxes as young married men. With this shift of emphasis, a significantly different analytic focus in the study of human-animal relations is produced.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary Urton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0874802059\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780874802054\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Utah Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/27\/1985\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.07w x 0.83d","brand":"Gary Urton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483733438719,"sku":"9780874802054","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3821350c-7e9a-4804-b42e-1f0c5b6da53c.jpg?v=1778040301","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/animal-myths-and-metaphors-in-gary-urton-9780874802054","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}