Nage Birds

<p>This unusual and richly-illustrated book is the story of the relationship between the Nage people of eastern Indonesia and the birds alongside which they co-exist. Based on fieldwork carried out over a period of some fifteen years it aims for a total view of how a human community interacts with another zoological class giving birds a chosen place in human ideas and social practice. As well as a fascinating ornithological study of Indonesian bird life <em>Nage Birds</em> offers a much-needed critique of current theoretical argument on how non-Western societies categorize and evaluate different species and modes of being.</p>