Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 The story of ebu gogo; 3 Other Florenese hominoids; 4 Other eastern islands; 5 The 'short man' (orang pendek) of Sumatra; 6 Wildmen of western Indonesia and Mainland Southeast Asia; 7 Other Asian hominoids; 8 Outside Asia; 9 Pacific images; 10 Conclusion: What were the ebu gogo?; Notes; References; Index
Summary
The book examines wildmen, images of hairy humanlike creatures known to rural villagers and other local people in Southeast Asia and elsewhere. It explores the source of these representations and their status in local systems of knowledge
