Manlike Monsters on Trial : Early Records and Modern Evidence.
by
Ames, Michael.
Title
:
Manlike Monsters on Trial : Early Records and Modern Evidence.
Author
:
Ames, Michael.
ISBN
:
9780774857857
Personal Author
:
Ames, Michael.
Physical Description
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1 online resource (373 pages)
Contents
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Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- I: MONSTERS IN THE FORESTS OF THE MIND -- Investigating the Goblin Universe -- Sasquatch and Scientists: Reporting Scientific Anomalies -- The Unwanted Possession: The Origin of Monsters from a Psychoanalytic Point of View -- Medieval Monsters -- The Concept of L'Homme Sauvage -- Sasquatch-like Creatures in Newfoundland: A Study in the Problems of Belief, Perception, and Reportage -- The Cultural Role of Monsters in Canada -- II: MANLIKE MONSTERS OF THE NATIVE NEW WORLD -- In Myth The Witiko: Algonkian Knowledge and Whiteman Knowledge -- Windigo Goes South: Stoneclad among the Cherokees -- Monsters and the Quest for Balance in Native Northwest California -- Monsters and the Anthropologist's Reality -- In Art The Familiar and the Grotesque: The Roots of Monster-Making in a Mexican Indian Village -- Man, Beast, and Transformation in Canadian Inuit Art and Culture -- The Tsimshian Monkey Mask and the Sasquatch -- Carved Stone Heads of the Columbia River and the Sasquatch -- III: CONTEMPORARY SASQUATCH INVESTIGATION -- What is the Sasquatch? -- Sasquatch: The Testimony of Tradition -- Ethnographic Information on a Wild Man of the Caucasus -- Population Clines of the North American Sasquatch as Evidenced by Track Lengths and Estimated Statures -- Estimates of Pitch and Vocal Tract Length from Recorded Vocalizations of Purported Bigfoot -- Analysis of Feces and Hair Suspected to be of Sasquatch Origin -- Epilogue to Manlike Monsters on Trial -- Bibliography: Published Materials Concerning the "Abominable Snowman," the Yeti, the Sasquatch, and Related Hominidae.
Local Note
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
Subject Term
:
Electronic books. -- local.
Monsters -- Congresses.
Sasquatch -- Congresses.
Yeti -- Congresses.
Genre
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Electronic books.
Added Author
:
Halpin, Marjorie M.
Electronic Access
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Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Status |
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IYTE Library | E-Book | 1327449-1001 | QL89.2 .S2 -- M36 1980 EB | Ebrary E-Books |