LEADER 04204nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910452370303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-89909-4 010 $a0-8122-0322-4 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812203226 035 $a(CKB)2550000000104545 035 $a(OCoLC)802059457 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10576082 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000738434 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11457950 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000738434 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10793012 035 $a(PQKB)11696050 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441642 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse19905 035 $a(DE-B1597)449060 035 $a(OCoLC)979591621 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812203226 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441642 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10576082 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL421159 035 $a(OCoLC)932312571 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000104545 100 $a20020702d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMonsters$b[electronic resource] $eevil beings, mythical beasts, and all manner of imaginary terrors /$fDavid D. Gilmore 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8122-2088-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tPREFACE -- $t1. WHY STUDY MONSTERS? -- $t2. HOW TO APPROACH MONSTERS -- $t3. MONSTERS IN THE WEST, I: THE ANCIENT WORLD -- $t4. MONSTERS IN THE WEST, II: THE CHRISTIAN ERA -- $t5. WINDIGO: MONSTER OF THE NORTH -- $t6. AN AMERICAN MONSTRUARY -- $t7. THE OGRES OF ASIA -- $t8. JAPAN AND THE PACIFIC ISLANDS -- $t9. RITUAL MONSTERS -- $t10. OUR MONSTERS, OURSELVES -- $tREFERENCES -- $tINDEX 330 $aThe 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. 606 $aMonsters 606 $aAnimals, Mythical 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMonsters. 615 0$aAnimals, Mythical. 676 $a001.944 700 $aGilmore$b David D.$f1943-$0144225 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452370303321 996 $aMonsters$92453758 997 $aUNINA LEADER 01477nam 2200469 450 001 9910815786203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4438-9608-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000001411191 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4884293 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4884293 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11402232 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL1016204 035 $a(OCoLC)991596262 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001411191 100 $a20170718h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aExploring plurilingualism in fan fiction $eELF users as creative writers /$fby Valeria Franceschi 210 1$aNewcastle upon Tyne, England :$cCambridge Scholars Publishing,$d2017. 210 4$d2017 215 $a1 online resource (242 pages) $cillustrations, charts, tables 311 $a1-4438-9868-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 606 $aEnglish language$xVariation$zForeign countries 606 $aLanguage and the Internet 606 $aLingua francas 615 0$aEnglish language$xVariation 615 0$aLanguage and the Internet. 615 0$aLingua francas. 676 $a427 700 $aFranceschi$b Valeria$01675093 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815786203321 996 $aExploring plurilingualism in fan fiction$94040336 997 $aUNINA