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The trickster brain : neuroscience, evolution, and narrative / / David Williams



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Autore: Williams David <1951-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: The trickster brain : neuroscience, evolution, and narrative / / David Williams Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2012
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (315 p.)
Disciplina: 612.8/2
Soggetto topico: Tricksters
Brain
Brain - Evolution
Human evolution
Neurosciences
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; CREDITS; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1. SEARCHING FOR TRICKSTER; Chapter 2. THE SILVER-TONGUED DEVIL; Chapter 3. THE TRICKSTERISH BRAIN; Chapter 4. EVOLUTION; Chapter 5. THE BRAIN OF SEX; Chapter 6. THE BRAIN OF LOVE AND WAR; Chapter 7. THE BRAIN OF SONG; Chapter 8. ETHICS; Chapter 9. STORYTELLING AND THETHEORY OF MIND; Chapter 10. THE BRAIN OF GOD; Chapter 11. THE TRICKSTER OF MYTHOLOGY; Chapter 12. A SWATH OF TRICKSTER STORIES FROM ORAL LITERATURE; Chapter 13. FEMALE TRICKSTERS; Chapter 14. LITERARY FILTERS; Chapter 15. MUSIC AND THE TRICKSTER
Chapter 16. A SWATH OF OTHER TRICKSTER STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLDChapter 17. THE TRICKSTER PERSONIFIED; Chapter 18. BLUES AND COURTING TRICKSTERS; Chapter 19. TRICKSTER INWRITTEN LITERATURE; Chapter 20. TRICKSTER WAS WANDERING; NOTES; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sommario/riassunto: The Trickster Brain: Neuroscience, Evolution, and Nature by David Williams looks at literature from an evolutionary, biological, and neurological perspective. He uses the Trickster character as he/she appears across cultures to demonstrate how stories reveal universal aspects of the biological mind. Williams brings together science and the humanities, demonstrating a critical way of approaching literature that incorporates scientific thought.
Titolo autorizzato: The trickster brain  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-68718-5
9786613664129
0-7391-4399-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910818624303321
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