Gregory Forth

Images of the Wildman in Southeast Asia (eBook, ePUB)

An Anthropological Perspective

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The book examines 'wildmen'such as Homo floresiensis and ebu gogo, images of hairy humanlike creatures known to rural villagers and other local people in Southeast Asia and elsewhere. It explores the source of these representations and their status in local systems of knowledge.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135784294
• Artikelnr.: 38449103

Autorenporträt

Gregory Forth is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Alberta, Canada, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. The Story of Ebu Gogo 3. Other Florenese Hominoids 4.
Other Eastern Islands 5. The 'Short Man' (Orang Pendek) of Sumatra 6.
Wildmen of Western Indonesia and Mainland Southeast Asia 7. Other Asian
Hominoids 8. Outside Asia 9. Pacific Images 10. What Were the Ebu Gogo?