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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454746403321

Titolo

Mythical trickster figures [[electronic resource] ] : contours, contexts, and criticisms / / edited by William J. Hynes & William G. Doty

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, 1997, c1993

ISBN

0-8173-8285-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DotyWilliam G. <1939->

HynesWilliam J

Disciplina

291.2/13

291.213

Soggetti

Animals, Mythical

Tricksters

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-258) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments and Permissions; INTRODUCING THE FASCINATING AND PERPLEXING TRICKSTER FIGURE; HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF THEORETICAL ISSUES: THE PROBLEM OF THE TRICKSTER; MAPPING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF MYTHIC TRICKSTERS: A HEURISTIC GUIDE; A LIFETIME OF TROUBLE-MAKING: HERMES AS TRICKSTER; THE MYTH OF THE TRICKSTER: THE NECESSARY BREAKER OF TABOOS; THE SHAMAN AND THE TRICKSTER; THE EXCEPTION WHO PROVES THE RULES: ANANSE THE AKAN TRICKSTER; WEST AFRICAN TRICKSTERS: WEB OF PURPOSE, DANCE OF DELIGHT; A JAPANESE MYTHIC TRICKSTER FIGURE: SUSA-NO-0

SAINT PETER: APOSTLE TRANSFIGURED INTO TRICKSTERTHE MORAL IMAGINATION OF THE ICAGURU: SOME THOUGHTS ON TRICKSTERS, TRANSLATION AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; INHABITING THE SPACE BETWEEN DISCOURSE AND STORY IN TRICKSTER NARRATIVES; INCONCLUSIVE CONCLUSIONS: TRICKSTERS, METAPLAYERS AND REVEALERS; Notes; Bibliography; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Mythical Trickster Figures, is the first substantial collection of essays about the trickster to appear since Radin's 1955 The Trickster. Contributions by leading scholars treat a wide range of manifestations



of this mischievous character, ranging from the Coyote of the American Southwest to such African figures as Eshu-Elegba and Ananse, the Japanese Susa-no-o, the Greek Hermes, Christian adaptations of Saint Peter, and examples found in contemporary American fiction and drama. The many humorous trickster stories included are fascinating in themselves, but Hynes and Doty also highlight the wi

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451678603321

Autore

To?rnquist Olle

Titolo

Politics and development [[electronic resource] ] : a critical introduction / / Olle To?rnquist

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 1999

ISBN

1-4462-6543-9

0-7619-5933-5

1-283-88039-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (211 p.)

Disciplina

320.9172/4

Soggetti

Political development

Electronic books.

Developing countries Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I - The Study of Third World Politics and Development; Chapter 1 - The Problem Area; Chapter 2 - The Subdiscipline; Chapter 3 - Analytical Approaches; Chapter 4 - Political and Scientific Conjunctures; Part II - The Discussion on Third World Politics and Development; Chapter 5 - (I) Modernisation and Political Development; Chapter 6 - (II) Revised Modernisation and Guided Development; Chapter 7 - (III) Dependency and Politics; Chapter 8 - (IV) Class Politics and the Relative Autonomy of the State

Chapter 9 - (V) Rent-Seeking Politicians and Bureaucrats Chapter 10 - (VI) The Primacy of Institutions; Chapter 11 - (VII) Post-Marxist Alternatives; Part III - From a School to a Perspective and Study of One's



Own: The Case of Democratisation; Chapter 12 - Towards the Study of Democratisation in the Context of Late Development; Chapter 13 - From Civil Society and Social Capital to the Politics of Democratisation; Study Questions; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This major new textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the main analytical approaches and their use in the study of Third World politics and development.