Mythical trickster figures : contours, contexts, and criticisms / / editors, William J. Hynes, William G. Doty
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| Titolo: |
Mythical trickster figures : contours, contexts, and criticisms / / editors, William J. Hynes, William G. Doty
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| Pubblicazione: | Tuscaloosa : , : University of Alabama Press, , 1997 |
| ©1993 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (x, 265 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 291.2/13 |
| 291.213 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Animals, Mythical |
| Tricksters | |
| Altri autori: |
DotyWilliam G. <1939->
HynesWilliam J
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-258) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Acknowledgments and Permissions; INTRODUCING THE FASCINATING AND PERPLEXING TRICKSTER FIGURE; HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF THEORETICAL ISSUES: THE PROBLEM OF THE TRICKSTER; MAPPING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF MYTHIC TRICKSTERS: A HEURISTIC GUIDE; A LIFETIME OF TROUBLE-MAKING: HERMES AS TRICKSTER; THE MYTH OF THE TRICKSTER: THE NECESSARY BREAKER OF TABOOS; THE SHAMAN AND THE TRICKSTER; THE EXCEPTION WHO PROVES THE RULES: ANANSE THE AKAN TRICKSTER; WEST AFRICAN TRICKSTERS: WEB OF PURPOSE, DANCE OF DELIGHT; A JAPANESE MYTHIC TRICKSTER FIGURE: SUSA-NO-0 |
| SAINT PETER: APOSTLE TRANSFIGURED INTO TRICKSTER THE MORAL IMAGINATION OF THE ICAGURU: SOME THOUGHTS ON TRICKSTERS, TRANSLATION AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; INHABITING THE SPACE BETWEEN DISCOURSE AND STORY IN TRICKSTER NARRATIVES; INCONCLUSIVE CONCLUSIONS: TRICKSTERS, METAPLAYERS AND REVEALERS; Notes; Bibliography; Contributors; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Mythical Trickster Figures, is the first substantial collection of essays about the trickster to appear since Radin's 1955 The Trickster. Contributions by leading scholars treat a wide range of manifestations of this mischievous character, ranging from the Coyote of the American Southwest to such African figures as Eshu-Elegba and Ananse, the Japanese Susa-no-o, the Greek Hermes, Christian adaptations of Saint Peter, and examples found in contemporary American fiction and drama. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Mythical trickster figures |
| ISBN: | 0-8173-8285-2 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910778041903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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