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Mythical trickster figures : contours, contexts, and criticisms /
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 su...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
©1993.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introducing the fascinating and perplexing trickster figure / William J. Hynes & William G. Doty
- Historical overview of theoretical issues : the problem of the trickster / William G. Doty & William J. Hynes
- Mapping the characteristics of mythic tricksters : a heuristic guide / William J. Hynes
- A lifetime of trouble-making : Hermes as trickster / William G. Doty
- The myth of the trickster : the necessary breaker of taboos / Laura Makarius
- The shaman and the trickster / Mac Linscott Ricketts
- The exception who proves the rules : Ananse the Akan trickster / Christopher Vecsey
- West African tricksters : web of purpose, dance of delight / Robert D. Pelton
- A Japanese mythic trickster figure : Susa-no-o / Robert S. Ellwood
- Saint Peter : apostle transfigured into trickster / William J. Hynes & Thomas J. Steele
- The moral imagination of the Kaguru : some thoughts on tricksters, translation and comparative analysis / T.O. Beidelman
- Inhabiting the space between discourse and story in trickster narratives / Anne Doueihi
- Inconclusive conclusions : tricksters-- metaplayers and revealers / William J. Hynes.