CROOKED CATS

<p>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'. </p> <p>Building upon fifteen years of research in India <em>Crooked Cats</em> moves beyond both colonial and conservationist accounts to place crooked cats at the centre of the question of how we are to comprehend a planet in crisis. There are many theories on why and how a big cat comes to prey on humans with ecological collapse emerging as a central factor. The book explores these in detail to offer new insights into the governance of nonhuman animals and their entanglements with humans. </p> <p>Weaving together 'beastly tales' spun from encounters with big cats Mathur deepens our understanding of the causes consequences and conceptualization of the climate crisis.</p>