Living with Herds Human-Animal Coexistence in Mongolia

Domestic animals have lived with humans for thousands of years and remain essential to the everyday lives of people throughout the world. In this book, Natasha Fijn examines the process of animal domestication in a study that blends biological and social anthropology, ethology and ethnography. She e...

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Main Author: Fijn, Natasha
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York Cambridge University Press 11.04.2011
Edition:1
Subjects:
Animal domestication
Customs
Domestic animals
Domestication
Domestication > Mongolia
Ecology
Ethnography
Ethnology
Ethnology > Mongolia
Ethology
Herders > Mongolia
Herding
Human-animal relationships
Human-animal relationships > Mongolia
Mongolia
Mongols > Domestic animals
Social anthropology
Social behaviour
Social life
Social life and customs
ISBN:9781107000902, 1107000904
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Summary:Domestic animals have lived with humans for thousands of years and remain essential to the everyday lives of people throughout the world. In this book, Natasha Fijn examines the process of animal domestication in a study that blends biological and social anthropology, ethology and ethnography. She examines the social behavior of humans and animals in a contemporary Mongolian herding society. After living with Mongolian herding families, Dr Fijn has observed through firsthand experience both sides of the human-animal relationship. Examining their reciprocal social behavior and communication with one another, she demonstrates how herd animals influence Mongolian herders' lives and how the animals themselves are active partners in the domestication process.
Bibliography:Bibliography: p. 251-269
Includes index
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ISBN:9781107000902
1107000904
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511976513