Description: An innovative, in-depth exploration of animal metaphors in a non-Western society and a critique of current theoretical approaches in anthropology.
Brief description: Gregory Forth is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and professor of anthropology at the University of Alberta.
Review Quotes: "This book is a compendium of 566 meaningful phrases demonstrating the ethnozoological richness and faunal diversity of Central Nage territory on Flores Island in Eastern Indonesia. Forth performs clever quantitative analyses with the 566 examples to dig into the content of Nage pata pele, [the Nage term for simile and metaphor]. For readers who are curious to learn the meaning of the specific Nage pata pele used in the book's title and 565 additional animal metaphors, get yourself a copy of the book and turn to metaphor number 93." Anthrozoös