Crooked Cats: Beastly Encounters in the Anthropocene

by Nayanika Mathur

Book Overview

Big cats-tigers, leopards, and lions-that make prey of humans are commonly known as "man-eaters." Anthropologist Nayanika Mathur reconceptualizes them as cats that have gone off the straight path to become "crooked." Building upon fifteen years of research in India, this groundbreaking work moves beyond both colonial and conservationist accounts to place crooked cats at the center of the question of how we are to comprehend a planet in crisis.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022677192X
• ISBN13: 9780226771922
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.6"