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The trickster brain : neuroscience, evolution, and narrative /
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....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, MD :
Lexington Books,
©2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.