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Tracking the weretiger : supernatural man-eaters of India, China and southeast Asia /
"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 ser...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jefferson, N.C. :
McFarland & Co.,
©2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction: The World of the Weretiger; 1. A Colonial Menace: Jungle-Wallahs and Man-Eaters; 2. People and Tigers: Together in Life and Death; 3. Killers and Killed: Propitiation and Appeasement; 4. Fighting Back: Jungle-Wallahs to the Rescue; 5. Shapeshifters All: Like Weretiger, Like Werewolf; 6. Tigermen in Malaya: Negritos and Jambi Men Accused; 7. Beast People: Weretigers and Wereleopards in India; 8. Beast Master: The White Sadhu and the Ultimate Terror; Chapter Notes; References; Glossary; Index.