Growing, grown, gone. The ephemeral status of pets among the Madiha (Kulina) of the Peruvian Amazon

The Madiha, a people of southwestern Amazonia, raise as pets the younglings of the animals they kill during the hunt. This article emphasizes two aspects of pet keeping among the Madiha: (i) the fragility and temporary nature of the taming process and (ii) the role that pet keeping plays in the soci...

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Main Author: Andrea Zuppi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Société des américanistes 2022-12-01
Series:Journal de la Société des Américanistes
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/21030
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