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Autore |
Waddell Terrie |
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Titolo |
Wild/lives : trickster, place and liminality on screen / / Terrie Waddell |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-315-78761-X |
1-317-72403-8 |
1-317-72404-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (213 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Tricksters in motion pictures |
Liminality in motion pictures |
Tricksters on television |
Liminality on television |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Verging on wildness: Liminality and trickster; 2 From the slime to the scream: Pigs, whores and random acts of soiling ~ Deadwood; 3 Channeling the 'inner warrior': Bear whispering as an extreme sport ~ Grizzly Man; 4 Waiting for godonlyknows: The island with agency ~ Lost; 5 Lost in space: The pull of a sentient planet and its avatars ~ Solaris; 6 Drop and give me ten: The game, the shame, the pain ~ The Biggest Loser |
7 Dog day afternoons: Furbabies and hellhounds ~ Amores Perros (Love's a Bitch)8 Tell me about the rabbits Carol: Fear and misandry in the underworld ~ Repulsion; Conclusion; References; Film references; Television references; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Wild/lives draws on myth, popular culture and analytical psychology to trace the machinations of 'trickster' in contemporary film and television. This archetypal energy traditionally gravitates toward liminal spaces - physical locations and shifting states of mind. By focusing on productions set in remote or isolated spaces, Terrie Waddell explores how key trickster-infused sites of transition reflect the psychological |
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fragility of their willing and unwilling occupants. In differing ways, the selected texts - Deadwood, Grizzly Man, Lost, Solaris, The Biggest Loser, Amores Perro |
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