04204nam 2200637Ia 450 991045237030332120200520144314.01-283-89909-40-8122-0322-410.9783/9780812203226(CKB)2550000000104545(OCoLC)802059457(CaPaEBR)ebrary10576082(SSID)ssj0000738434(PQKBManifestationID)11457950(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000738434(PQKBWorkID)10793012(PQKB)11696050(MiAaPQ)EBC3441642(MdBmJHUP)muse19905(DE-B1597)449060(OCoLC)979591621(DE-B1597)9780812203226(Au-PeEL)EBL3441642(CaPaEBR)ebr10576082(CaONFJC)MIL421159(OCoLC)932312571(EXLCZ)99255000000010454520020702d2003 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrMonsters[electronic resource] evil beings, mythical beasts, and all manner of imaginary terrors /David D. GilmorePhiladelphia University of Pennsylvania Press20031 online resource (225 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8122-2088-9 Includes bibliographical references and index. Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1. WHY STUDY MONSTERS? -- 2. HOW TO APPROACH MONSTERS -- 3. MONSTERS IN THE WEST, I: THE ANCIENT WORLD -- 4. MONSTERS IN 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. OUR MONSTERS, OURSELVES -- REFERENCES -- INDEXThe human mind needs monsters. In every culture and in every epoch in human history, from ancient Egypt to modern Hollywood, imaginary beings have haunted dreams and fantasies, provoking in young and old shivers of delight, thrills of terror, and endless fascination. All known folklores brim with visions of looming and ferocious monsters, often in the role as adversaries to great heroes. But while heroes have been closely studied by mythologists, monsters have been neglected, even though they are equally important as pan-human symbols and reveal similar insights into ways the mind works. In Monsters: Evil Beings, Mythical Beasts, and All Manner of Imaginary Terrors, anthropologist David D. Gilmore explores what human traits monsters represent and why they are so ubiquitous in people's imaginations and share so many features across different cultures.Using colorful and absorbing evidence from virtually all times and places, Monsters is the first attempt by an anthropologist to delve into the mysterious, frightful abyss of mythical beasts and to interpret their role in the psyche and in society. After many hair-raising descriptions of monstrous beings in art, folktales, fantasy, literature, and community ritual, including such avatars as Dracula and Frankenstein, Hollywood ghouls, and extraterrestrials, Gilmore identifies many common denominators and proposes some novel interpretations.Monsters, according to Gilmore, are always enormous, man-eating, gratuitously violent, aggressive, sexually sadistic, and superhuman in power, combining our worst nightmares and our most urgent fantasies. We both abhor and worship our monsters: they are our gods as well as our demons. Gilmore argues that the immortal monster of the mind is a complex creation embodying virtually all of the inner conflicts that make us human. Far from being something alien, nonhuman, and outside us, our monsters are our deepest selves.MonstersAnimals, MythicalElectronic books.Monsters.Animals, Mythical.001.944Gilmore David D.1943-144225MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452370303321Monsters2453758UNINA01583nam 2200445 450 99620447520331620230421041031.0(CKB)111026746711626(SSID)ssj0000455416(PQKBManifestationID)12193746(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000455416(PQKBWorkID)10400372(PQKB)10247585(WaSeSS)IndRDA00123870(EXLCZ)9911102674671162620200527d1994 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrProceedings of 1994 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium 30 October-5 November 1994, Norfolk, VA, USA /Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersPiscataway, New Jersey :Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,1994.1 online resource (1831 pages)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7803-2544-3 Particles (Nuclear physics)InstrumentsCongressesNuclear countersCongressesNuclear physicsIndustrial applicationsCongressesParticles (Nuclear physics)InstrumentsNuclear countersNuclear physicsIndustrial applications539.72028Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,WaSeSSWaSeSSBOOK996204475203316Proceedings of 1994 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium2527787UNISA