Cultural zoo : animals in the human mind and its sublimations / / edited by Salman Akhtar and Vamik D. Volkan

• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2018
• Edizione: [New] edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (314 p.)
• Disciplina: 150.195
• Soggetto topico: Psychoanalysis; Human-animal relationships; Animals - Psychological aspects
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): AkhtarSalman <1946 July 31->; VolkanVamik D. <1932->
• Note generali: This edition originally published in print: London : Karnac Books, 2014.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: COVER; Table of Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I Animals and the Human Mind; CHAPTER 1 Cross-Cultural Perspectives on the Bond Between Man and Animals; CHAPTER 2 Dreams of Animals; Part II Animals and the Culture at Large; CHAPTER 3 Human to Animal Transformations in Literature; CHAPTER 4 Animals in Children's Stories; CHAPTER 5 Artists and Beasts: Sacred and Sacrificed; CHAPTER 6 Animals, Music, and Psychoanalysis; CHAPTER 7 Animals and Religion; CHAPTER 8 An Annotated Visit to the Cinematic Zoo; CHAPTER 9 Immigration, National Identity, and Animals; NAME INDEX ; SUBJECT INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: 'This book is a major contribution to culture and to the psychoanalytic literature. The authors explore how animals, both wild and domesticated, have powerful symbolic meanings in our psyches, mythology, religion, literature, art, music, and popular culture. From the prehistoric art of Lascaux to Picasso, from The Fly to the American eagle, the psychoanalytic perceptions are subtle and suggestive, the aesthetic, film, and national insights are a delight.'-Peter Loewenberg, Dean, Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute, Professor of History and Political Psychology, UCLA'Our cousins - the
• Titolo autorizzato: Cultural zoo
• ISBN: 0-429-89822-3; 0-429-47345-1; 1-78241-237-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463698203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II