The trickster brain : neuroscience, evolution, and narrative / / David Williams
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| Autore: |
Williams David <1951->
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| Titolo: |
The trickster brain : neuroscience, evolution, and narrative / / David Williams
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| 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 |
| ISBN: | 1-280-68718-5 |
| 9786613664129 | |
| 0-7391-4399-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910818624303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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