A new gnosis : comic books, comparative mythology, and depth psychology / / edited by David M. Odorisio

• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023]; ©2023
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (263 pages)
• Disciplina: 605
• Soggetto topico: Superheroes in comics
• Persona (resp. second.): OdorisioDavid M.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Contributors -- List of Figures -- A New Gnosis: The Comic Book as Mythical Text -- References -- Part I: A New Gnosis: Comic Books as Modern Mythology -- Dreaming the Myth Onward: Comic Books as Contemporary Mythologies -- The Mythically Tinged Origins of Comic Books -- The New Mythographers -- A Gnosis of Bright Fragments -- References -- From Horror to Heroes: Mythologies of Graphic Voodoo in Comics -- Introduction -- Graphic Voodoo in the Jungle -- Graphic Voodoo in Cartoon Comics -- Graphic Voodoo in Horror Comics -- Conclusion -- Mystico-Erotics of the "Next Age Superhero": Christian Hippie Comics of the 1970s -- Introduction -- Kripal's Super-Story and Its Mythemes -- The World of Christian Hippie Comics -- A Brief History of Archie's Sonshine (1974) -- Mystico-Erotic Themes in Archie's Sonshine -- A Brief History of The Little Flirty Fishy -- Mystico-Erotic Themes in The Little Flirty Fishy -- Conclusion -- References -- The Flying Eyeball: The Mythopoetics of Rick Griffin -- Graphic Mythologies -- Egyptian Books of the Dead -- Navajo Sand Paintings -- Where the Two Came to Their Father -- Conception, Departure, and Journey -- House Made of Dawn -- Return to the Mother -- Battles with Monsters -- C.G. Jung's Red Book -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Archetypal Amplifications: Comic Books, Comparative Mythology, and Depth Psychology -- Archetypal Dimensions of Comic Books -- Introduction -- A Brief Overview of the Silver Age of Comics -- The Fantastic Four -- Promethea -- Conclusion -- References -- All-Female Teams: In Quest of the Missing Archetype -- References -- Infirm Relatives and Boy Kings: The Green Man Archetype in Alan Moore's The Saga of The Swamp Thing -- The Green Man -- Mythic Wounds -- The Wounded Masculine -- Masculine Victimization. ; The Return to Elysium -- References -- The Shadow of the Bat: Batman as Archetypal Shaman -- Bat-men: Bat-Man Images in Early Cultures -- Comparison: The Centaur -- The Chinese Bat-Man -- The Christian Bat-Man -- The Alchemical Bat-Man -- The Bat as Guardian of the Sacred -- The Modern Bat-Man -- Conclusion -- References -- "To Survive and Still Dream": Ritual and Reclamation in Little Bird -- References -- Graffiti in the Grass: Worldbuilding and Soul Survival Through Image, Immersive Myth, and the Metaxis -- References -- Afterword: Comics and Gnostics -- Superpowers and Historiography -- Superhumans Among Us -- Sex and Race in the Super Story -- Super Social Justice -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: A New Gnosis
• ISBN: 9783031201271; 9783031201264
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910637704203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Contemporary Religion and Popular Culture