New Publications
2012; Association of College and Research Libraries; Volume: 73; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5860/crln.73.2.8713
ISSN2150-6698
Autores Resumoargues that human imagination, language, storytelling, and religion developed in the Pleistocene as fearreduction responses to the constant threats posed by numerous large animals (cave bears, saber-toothed cats, short-faced hyenas, crocodilians) that fed on them.Animal predators, Trout writes, were anthropomorphized and mythologized at the dawn of human consciousness into monsters, gods, benefactors, and role models, a system of control and acculturation that transformed fearful, helpless primates into the "alpha predator of the planet."Narratives about dangerous animals and monsters gave early civilizations a cohesive set of rules for survival and methods for controlling fear that persist in contemporary horror films about rampaging monsters (Jaws, Alien) and human predators (Manhunter, Wolf Creek).Trout's logical, well-referenced thesis turns upside-down Joseph Campbell's conjecture that myth developed from the psychological tensions of the hunt.$26.00.Prometheus.
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