Mythical trickster figures : contours, contexts, and criticisms / ed. by William J. Hynes & William G. Doty.
Contributor(s): Hynes, William J | Doty, William G
Material type: TextPublisher: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 1997Copyright date: ©1993Description: x, 265 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0817308571 (pbk.); 9780817308575 (pbk.)Subject(s): Tricksters | Animals, MythicalBibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-258) and index.Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | John Bulow Campbell Library | 1 West | GR524 .M98 1997 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0182902216866 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-258) and index.
Introducing the fascinating and perplexing trickster figure / William J. Hynes and William G. Doty -- Historical overview of theoretical issues : the problem of the trickster / William G. Doty and 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 and 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.