Fairy Tales and the Social Unconscious - The Hidden Language

The book combines two main perspectives: the study of the social unconscious and the study of fairy tales. Examining different versions of fairy tales told by different ethnic communities teaches us about the relations between universal and local/cultural aspects of the social unconscious.

List of contents

Series Editor's Foreword , Introduction 1 , Giving one's heart and speaking from the bottom of the heart: the case of the Jewish mother in Eastern European tales , Asked for her hand and the tales about the handless maiden: how is taking the hand associated with a marriage proposal? , Living in her skin: social skin-ego and the maiden who enters others' skins in fairy tales , Eyes and envy: reading Grimms' One-eye, Two-eyes and Three-eyes and its Jewish parallels , I (do not) see what you mean: the concrete and metaphoric dimensions of blindness in fairy tales and the social mind , To step into someone's shoes: the tales about Cinderella , Fire of lust: passion and greed in fairy tales and the social (un)conscious , To eat a crow (swallow frogs): a story of decrees and humiliation , Epilogue

About the author

Ravit Raufman

Summary

The book combines two main perspectives: the study of the social unconscious and the study of fairy tales. Examining different versions of fairy tales told by different ethnic communities teaches us about the relations between universal and local/cultural aspects of the social unconscious.

Product details

• Authors: A, Ravit Raufman, Ravit (University of Haifa Raufman, Ravit Weinberg Raufman, Ravit Raufman, Haim Weinberg
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9781782202684
• ISBN: 978-1-78220-268-4
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: New International Library of G; The New International Library of Group Analysis; The New International Library of Group Analysis; New International Library of G
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Psychoanalysis