The lovable, the loathsome, and the liminal: Emotionality in ethnozoological cognition

Journal of Ethnobiology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 126-138

  Nolan, Justin M ^a   Jones, Katlin E ^a   McDougal, Kenneth Wade ^a   McFarlin, Matthew J ^a   Ward, Michael K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

emotion; ethnozoology; social cognition; symbolism; wildlife attitudes

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 77955079328     PISSN: 02780771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2993/0278-0771(2006)26[126:TLTLAT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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