Myth, mind, and the screen : understanding the heroes of our times /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2001.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in criminology
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| Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=77861 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Jungian theory, textual analysis and audience play
- 2. Archetypal images: signification and the psyche
- 3. Archetypal images: symbols and the cultural unconscious
- 4. The Piano, the animus and colonial experience
- 5. The pop star as icon. Androgyny and stardom: cultural meanings of Michael Jackson. A goddess who comes? Madonna as trickster
- 6. The quest of a female hero: The Silence of the Lambs
- 7. Television sport and the sacrificial hero
- 8. The polycentred self: The Passion of Darkly Noon
- 9. Haunted: searching for the whole self
- 10. Transforming the final ghost: the god within
- Glossary of Jungian and related terms.