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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Here is a highly selective list of scholarly publications
related to animals in Asian context. These books and journal articles may not be
easily available, but we hope they can give an idea of the wide range of topics
pursued and the possibilities for future studies.
Boomgaard, Peter. “Death to
the tiger! The development of tiger and leopard rituals in Java, 1605-1906.”
South East Asia Research 2.2 (1994): 141-175. [includes material on animal
fights]
Cartier, M. “Essai de démographie animale. L’élevage des
Equides en Chine.” Anthropozoologica 31 (2000): 147-156.
Chatkupt, Thomas T.; Sollod, Albert E. “Elephants in
Thailand: Determinants of health and welfare in working populations.” Journal
of Applied Animal Welfare Science 2.3 (1999): 187-203.
Chapple, Christopher Key. Nonviolence to animals, earth,
and self in Asian traditions. Albany: State University of New York Press,
c1993.
Cutter, Robert Joe. The brush and the spur: Chinese
culture and the cockfight. Hong Kong: Chinese University Press, 1989.
Elisseeff, Danielle. “Des animaux sous une chape de plomb.”
Anthropozoologica 18 (1993): 17-28. [stresses the importance of animals and
their domestication in Chinese society as seen in archaeological evidence, for
example, dogs]
Kast, A. “Memorial stones for the souls of animals killed
for human welfare in Japan.” Berliner und Münchener tierärztliche Wochenschrift
107.H.5 (1994): 166-171.
Kim, Seung-Og. “Burials, pigs, and political prestige in Neolithic China.”
Current Anthropology 35.2 (1994): 199-241. [“The study of Neolithic burials
shows that intensive pig production was important not only for human diet and
ritual but also for the display of individual wealth and inequality in the rise
of political elites. In addition, pigs served as funds of power….”]
Laurent, Erick L. “Children, insects and play in Japan.”
IN Podberscek, Anthony L.; Paul, Elizabeth S.; Serpell, James A. (eds.)
Companion animals and us: Exploring the relationships between people and pets
(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000) pp. 61-89.
Laurent, Erick L. “Definition and cultural representation
of the category mushi in Japanese culture.” Society & Animals 3.1 (1995):
61-77. [“In this essay, I attempt to define the ‘ethnocategory’ mushi (insects,
larvae, small animals) in Japanese culture through a semantic analysis… and
fieldwork research in rural Japan. . . . The richness and complexity of the
findings provide insight into Japanese attitudes towards animals and nature.”]
Laurent, Erick L.; Ono, Ken. “The firefly and the trout:
Recent shifts regarding the relationship between people and other animals in
Japanese culture.” Anthrozoös 12.3 (1999): 149-156.
Lee, Joonmoo. “Poachers, tigers and bears … on my! Asia’s
illegal wildlife trade.” Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
16 (1996): 497-515.
Linck, Gudula. "'Oh, phonix, oh phonix, wie vermindert
ist deine kraft': Mensch und tier in China."
Beitrage zur Historischen Sozialkunde 23.1 (1993) 21-30. ["Discusses aspects of
the Chinese perception and treatment of animals from a historical perspective,
describing animals in Chinese
mythology and cosmology; animal symbolism in everyday thought, poetry, and
painting; animal
imagery in writing and language; working and domestic animals; and the killing
and protection
of animals." copyright Historical Abstracts]
Métailié, Georges; Fèvre, Francine. “Aperçu des sources
chinoises pour histoire des animaux.” Anthropozoologica 18 (1993): 99-103.
[related to domestication of animals]
Métailié, Georges. “Regards de lettrès chinois sur les
animaux au XVIème siècle.” Anthropozoologica 18 (1993): 45-55. [on zoological
classification]
Pasquet, Sylvie. “Un lettré ‘naturaliste” du XIXe siècle,
Huang Han et con Encyclopédie des
Chats.” Anthropozoologica 18 (1993): 67-77.
Severinghaus, Lucia Liu; Li, Chi. “Prayer animal release
in Taiwan.” Biological Conservation 89.3 (1999): 301-304.
Smith, Joanna F. Handlin. “Liberating animals in Ming-Qing
China: Buddhist inspiration and elite imagination.” Journal of Asian Studies 58
(1999): 51-84.
Sterckx, Roel. The Animal and the Daemon in
Early China. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2002.
Warren, William; Amranand, Ping. The elephant
in Thai life & legend. Bangkok: Monsoon Editions, 1998.
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