Spider /

Both fascinating and frightening, the spider has a rich symbolic presence in the imagination. At once a representative of death, due to its fangs and dangerous poison, the spider can also represent life and creation, because of its intricate web and females who carry sacs of thousands of tiny eggs....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Michalska, Katarzyna
Otros Autores: Michalski, Sergiusz
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Reaktion Books, 2010.
Colección:Animal (Reaktion Books)
Temas:
Spiders.
Spiders > Folklore.
Spiders > Mythology.
Spiders in art.
Animals in literature.
Animals in motion pictures.
Spiders > Symbolic aspects.
Spiders > Psychological aspects.
Human-animal relationships.
Animals and civilization.
Araignées.
Araignées > Folklore.
Araignées dans l'art.
Animaux dans la littérature.
Animaux au cinéma.
Araignées > Aspect symbolique.
Araignées > Aspect psychologique.
Relations homme-animal.
Animaux et civilisation.
NATURE > Animals > Insects & Spiders.
Animals and civilization
Animals in literature
Animals in motion pictures
Human-animal relationships
Spiders
Spiders in art
Spiders > Mythology
Spinnen
Volkskunde
Kulturpsychologie
Spinnen > Motiv
Künste
Kultur
Folklore
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : spiders on the wall and elsewhere
  • Some basic zoological facts
  • Arachnophobia
  • Venom and cold intellect : the spider and its web in the European intellectual tradition
  • The femme fatale and eroticism
  • Oppressive mothers, dreams and Louise Bourgeois
  • Spiders in art and caricature
  • Myth and folklore
  • Urban legends
  • Spider goes Hollywood.

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