Patrick Newman: Tracking the Weretiger

Cover: 9780786472185 | Tracking the Weretiger | Patrick Newman | Taschenbuch | Englisch

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Drawing on dramatic accounts by European colonials, and on detailed studies by folklorists and anthropologists, this work explores intriguing age-old Asian beliefs and claims that man-eating tigers and "little tigers," or leopards alike, were in various ways supernatural. It is a serious work based on extensive research, written in a lively style.
Fundamental to the book is the evocation of a long-vanished world. When a man-eater struck in colonial times, people typically said it was a demon sent by a deity, or even the deity itself in animal form, punishing transgressors and being guided by its victims' angry spirits. Colonials typically dismissed this as superstitious nonsense but given traditional ideas about the close links between people, tigers and the spirit world, it is quite understandable. Other man-eaters were said to be shapeshifting black magicians. The result is a rich fund of tales from India and the Malay world in particular, and while some people undoubtedly believed them, others took advantage of man-eaters to persecute minorities as the supposed true culprits. The book explores the prejudices behind these witch-hunts, and also considers Asian weretiger and wereleopard lore in a wider context, finding common features with the more familiar werewolves of medieval Europe in particular.

Über den Autor

Former reporter and feature writer for Asian Medical News in Hong Kong, Patrick Newman lives in the United Kingdom.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction: The World of the Weretiger

1 deleteA Colonial Menace: Jungle-Wallahs and Man-Eaters

2 deletePeople and Tigers: Together in Life and Death

3 deleteKillers and Killed: Propitiation and Appeasement

4 deleteFighting Back: Jungle-Wallahs to the Rescue

5 deleteShapeshifters All: Like Weretiger, Like Werewolf

6 deleteTigermen in Malaya: Negritos and Jambi Men Accused

7 deleteBeast People: Weretigers and Wereleopards in India

8 deleteBeast Master: The White Sadhu and the Ultimate Terror

Chapter Notes

References

Glossary

Index

Erscheinungsjahr:	2012
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe
Rubrik:	Sozialwissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9780786472185
ISBN-10:	0786472189
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Newman, Patrick
Hersteller:	McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 13 mm
Von/Mit:	Patrick Newman
Erscheinungsdatum:	19.09.2012
Gewicht:	0,361 kg

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