LEADER 04049oam 22004934a 450 001 9910796329503321 005 20180723030004.0 010 $a0-86196-948-0 010 $a0-86196-951-0 010 $a0-86196-952-9 035 $a(CKB)3830000000060368 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5441165 035 $a(OCoLC)1044235313 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse69432 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30356810 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30356810 035 $a(EXLCZ)993830000000060368 100 $a20180706d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aScaled for Success$b[electronic resource] $eThe Internationalisation of the Mermaid /$fprincipally authored and edited by Philip Hayward ; with Persephone Braham [and 6 others] 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBloomington [Indiana] $cDistributed worldwide by Indiana University Press 210 $aEast Barnet [England] $cJohn Libbey Publishing Ltd.$d[2018] 215 $a1 online resource (256 pages) $cillustrations 311 $a0-86196-732-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 227-240) and index. 327 $aIntroduction / Philip Hayward -- The Middle Eastern mermaid : between myth and religion / Manal Shalaby -- Matsya fabulism : Hindu mythologies, mermaids and syncretism in India and Thailand / Philip Hayward -- Japan : the mermaidisation of the Ningyo / Philip Hayward -- Legend of the Blue Sea : mermaids in South Korean folklore and popular culture / Sarah Keith and Sung-Ae Lee -- From dugongs to sinetrons : syncretic mermaids in Indonesian culture / Philip Hayward -- Changelings, conformity and difference : Dysebel and the sirena in Filipino popular culture / Philip Hayward -- Millennial me?irenyu? : mermaids in 21st century Chinese culture / Philip Hayward and Pan Wang -- Song of the sirenas : mermaids in Latin America and the Caribbean / Persephone Braham -- Swimming ashore : mermaids in Australian public culture / Philip Hayward -- Mama Wata remixed : the mermaid in contemporary African-American culture / Nettrice R. Gaskins -- Shoreline revels : perversity, polyvalence and exhibitionism at Coney Island's Mermaid Parade / Philip Hayward and Lisa Milner. 330 $aEmerging from the confluence of Greco-Roman mythology and regional folklore, the mermaid has been an enduring motif in Western culture since the medieval period. It has also been disseminated more widely, initially through Western trade and colonisation and, more recently, through the increasing globalisation of media products and outlets. Scaled for Success offers the first detailed overview of the mermaids dispersal outside Europe. Complementing previous studies of the interrelationship between the mermaid and Mami Wata spirit in West Africa, this volume addresses the mermaids presence in a range of Middle Eastern, Asian, Australian, Latin American and North American contexts. Individual chapters identify the manner in which the mermaid has been variously syncretised and/or resignified in contexts as diverse as Indian public statuary, Thai cinema and Coney Islands annual Mermaid Parade. Rather than lingering as a relic of a bygone age, the mermaid emerges as a versatile, dynamic and, above all, polyvalent figure. Her prominence exemplifies the manner in which contemporary media-lore has extended the currency of established folkloric figures in new and often surprising ways. Analysing aspects of religious symbolism, visual art, literature and contemporary popular culture, this copiously illustrated volume profiles an intriguing and highly diverse phenomenon. 606 $aMermaids$vCross-cultural studies 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMermaids 676 $a398.21 700 $aHayward$b Philip$01089403 702 $aBraham$b Persephone 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910796329503321 996 $aScaled for Success$93751279 997 $aUNINA