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Cartomancy and tarot in film : 1940-2010 /
"In the first book-length study of Tarot cards on the silver screen, Emily E. Auger contextualizes cartomancy - the practice of fortune telling via playing cards - and dives deep into its invention and promulgation in film. After providing an interoduction to divination and cartomancy, Auger of...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol, UK :
Intellect,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Part 1 Divination, Cards, and Culture; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: A Brief History of Cards and Cartomancy; The Invention of Cards and Cartomancy; Cartomancy Prototypes in Narrative; Chapter 3: A Brief History of the Tarot Trumps; The Gaming Deck: From Paint to Print; Tarot and Cartomancy; The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn; Popularization and Commodification; Part 2 Cards and Cartomancy in Film; Chapter 4: Cartomancers and Querents as Film Characters; Gender, Age, Marital Status, and Profession.
- Ethnicity, Eccentricity, and the SupernaturalThe Mystic; Nomadism; Chapter 5: Cartomancy and Tarot in Film Narratives; The Cartomancy Reading; The Narrative Roles of Cartomancy and Tarot Scenes; Cartomancy and Tarot in Genres and Themes; Chapter 6: Tarot Trumps in Film; Chapter 7: Conclusion; Appendix 1: Filmography; Appendix 2: Charts; Chart 1 Cartomancers and Querents as Characters; Chart 2 Cartomancers and Querents: Gender, Age, Marital Status, and Professionalism; Chart 3 Tarot Trumps in Film; Chart 4 Tarot Trumps in Film Genres; Chart 5 Frequency of Tarot Trumps in Film Genres.
- Chart 6 Tarot Trumps in Films by ThemeChart 7 Frequency of Tarot Trumps in Films by Theme; Appendix 3: Cartomancy and Tarot Films by Date; Appendix 4: Carmen on Screen; Appendix 5: Directors of Cartomancy and Tarot Films; Appendix 6: Actresses and Actors Playing Cartomancers; Appendix 7: Actresses and Actors Playing Cartomancy Querents; Bibliography; Sources for Films (Novels, Graphic Novels, Video Games); Cartomancy Decks Cited; Index; Back Cover.