The Donkey in the Narrative Culture and Changing Sociohistorical Epistemology<br>Osel v pripovedni kulturi in spreminjajoči se družbenozgodovinski epistemologiji</br>

Authors

  • Monika Kropej Telban Scientific Research Centre of Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute of Slovenian Ethnology, Novi trg 2, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3986/sms.v21i0.7075

Keywords:

donkey, folklore, zoofolkloristics, multispecies ethnography, ecology, literature, mythology

Abstract

This article analyses folklore and narrative tradition about donkeys through the prism of ecological paradigm. It explores the impact of the changing philosophy, stereotypes, and peoples’ attitudes towards animals, the donkey in particular. Researched are also changing aspects in the donkey breeding and narrative culture which was for a long time oriented towards speciesism and anthropocentrism, and is now turning towards ecocentric philosophy, which is part of the newly emerging discipline of zoofolkloristics. This ontological shift is projected on the different perceptions of animals in folk literature, language, and everyday life.

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Published

2018-10-25

How to Cite

Kropej Telban, M. (2018). The Donkey in the Narrative Culture and Changing Sociohistorical Epistemology<br>Osel v pripovedni kulturi in spreminjajoči se družbenozgodovinski epistemologiji</br>. Studia Mythologica Slavica, 21, 237–252. https://doi.org/10.3986/sms.v21i0.7075

Issue

Vol. 21 (2018)

Section

ONKRAJ DELITVE NARAVE IN KULTURE / BEYOND THE DICHOTOMY OF NATURE AND CULTURE: ONTOLOGIES AND EPISTEMOLOGIES

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