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Pigs and persons in the Philippines : human-animal entanglements in Ifugao rituals
- Title
- Pigs and persons in the Philippines : human-animal entanglements in Ifugao rituals / Jon Henrik Ziegler Remme.
- Author
- Remme, Jon Henrik Ziegler
- Publication
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2014]
- ©2014
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Book/Text | Use in library | JFE 14-5741 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 161 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "This book examines how pigs are entangled in the constitution of relations between humans and between humans and spirits among the Ifugao of Northern Luzon in the Philippines. The book applies concepts like relational personhood, assemblages, and performativity to argue that persons emerge from relational practices of exchange and sacrifice. It also argues that pigs are constitutively involved in these practices"--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-152) and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-5741
- ISBN
- 9780739190418 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0739190415 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780739190425 (electronic) (canceled/invalid)
- 0739190423 (electronic) (canceled/invalid)
- 9780739195079 (electronic) (canceled/invalid)
- 0739195077 (electronic) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2014006551
- OCLC
- 870985475
- Author
- Remme, Jon Henrik Ziegler, author.
- Title
- Pigs and persons in the Philippines : human-animal entanglements in Ifugao rituals / Jon Henrik Ziegler Remme.
- Publisher
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2014]
- Copyright Date
- ©2014
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-152) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-5741