David D Gilmore

Monsters

Evil Beings, Mythical Beasts, and All Manner of Imaginary Terrors

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A field guide to the world's scary creatures, along with an intriguing explanation why monsters won't go away. Gilmore considers the role of monsters in the human psyche and in society, looking at art, folktales, fantasy, literature, and other sources.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Global Center for Resiliency & Wellbeing
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 144mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 339g
• ISBN-13: 9780812220889
• ISBN-10: 0812220889
• Artikelnr.: 26816144

Autorenporträt

David D. Gilmore is Professor of Anthropology at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. He is the author of several books, including Misogyny: The Male Malady, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction: Why Study Monsters?
2. How to Approach Monsters
3. The West, I: The Ancient World
4. The West, II: The Christian Era
5. Windigo: Monster of the North
6. An American Monstruary
7. The Ogres of Asia
8. Japan and the Pacific Islands
9. Ritual Monsters
10. Conclusions: Our Monsters, Ourselves
Bibliography
Index