American tricksters : thoughts on the shadow side of a culture's psyche /

"Tricksters are known by their deeds. Obviously not all the examples in American Tricksters are full-blown mythological tricksters like Coyote, Raven, or the Two Brothers found in Native American stories, or superhuman figures like the larger-than-life Davy Crockett of nineteenth-century tales....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jackson, William J. (William Joseph), 1943- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Thuesen, Peter Johannes, 1971- (writer of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, [2014]
Temas:
Tricksters > United States > History.
Tricksters in motion pictures.
Tricksters on television.
Tricksters in literature.
Tricksters > États-Unis > Histoire.
Tricksters au cinéma.
Tricksters à la télévision.
Tricksters dans la littérature.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
Tricksters.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Yesterday: tricksters in America's past
  • 2. Today: fifteen kinds of tricksters in America
  • 3. Tomorrow: lessons we need to learn from trickster
  • Notes
  • Appendix 1. On archetypes
  • Appendix 2. Some American stories about con men
  • Appendix 3. On masks and head coverings
  • Appendix 4. On the clown in America
  • Appendix 5. On mortgage fraud and other cons
  • Appendix 6. George W. Bush as painter
  • Appendix 7. On torture.

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