Human-Animal Relationships in San and Hunter-Gatherer Cosmology, Volume I Therianthropes and Transformation

Exploring a hitherto unexamined aspect of San cosmology, Mathias Guenther’s two volumes on hunter-animal relations in San cosmology link “new Animism” with Khoisan Studies, providing valuable insights for Khoisan Studies and San culture, but also for anthropological theory, relational ontology, folk...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Guenther, Mathias
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2020, 2020
Edition:1st ed. 2020
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Therianthropes
  • 3. Transformation in Myth
  • 4. Therianthropes and Transformation in San Art
  • 5. Transformation in Ritual
  • 6. Animals in San Dance and Play: Between Mimesis and Metamorphosis
  • 7. Transformation and Hunting