This volume offers an interdisciplinary study of how different cultures have sought to transform individuals into warriors. War changes people, however a less e

There is something about a shapeshifter—a person who can transform into an animal—that captures our imagination; that causes us to want to howl at the moon,

These twenty-nine original essays focuses on how cultural and literary genres and norms have developed in response to historical and cross-cultural influences.

Based on ethnographic fieldwork and interviews from across Colombia—including former child guerillas, former hostages of the guerilla organization, mothers of

Warriors throughout history, from Japanese samurai to Martin Luther King, Jr., have cultivated courage, compassion, discipline, intelligence, loyalty, and self-