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Beschreibung

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.

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.

Über den Autor
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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Genre: Importe, Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780812220889
ISBN-10: 0812220889
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Gilmore, David D
Hersteller: University of Pennsylvania Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 223 x 144 x 24 mm
Von/Mit: David D Gilmore
Erscheinungsdatum: 03.09.2009
Gewicht: 0,339 kg
Artikel-ID: 121055958

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