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Zusatztext This is an eminent collection on myth and the study of it - with breadth and variety. The contributions range from the indispensable classic must-reads to new! creative and constructive submissions to the ongoing discussions in a notoriously complicated field in the humanities. Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Miles-Watson is Associate Professor of the Anthropology of Religion at Durham University, UK. Vivian Asimos is a scholar at alt-ac.uk, of which she is a co-founder. Her research focuses on the study of popular culture, and what contemporary narratives have to tell us about our current societies. Zusammenfassung What is myth? Why do myths exist? What do myths do? Where are myths going? This reader is organized into four parts which explore these questions. Drawing on over 10 years of experience teaching myth in religious studies and anthropology departments in the UK, USA and Continental Europe, the editors have brought together seminal works in the theory of myth. Key features include: - a general introduction to the reader that outlines a comparative and interpretative framework - an introduction contextualizing each part and sub-section - an introduction to each reading by the editors - supporting online resources that provide discussion questions and further reading suggestions, including primary sources. From functionalism to feminism, nationalism to globalization, and psychoanalysis to spatial analysis, this reader covers the classic and contemporary theories and approaches needed to understand what myth is, why myths exist, what they do, and what the future holds for them. Inhaltsverzeichnis Copyright AcknowledgementsAcknowledgements In Search of Mythology: Introduction , Jonathan Miles-Watson and Vivian Asimos Part One: What is Myth ? Locating the Field, Jonathan Miles-Watson and Vivian Asimos 1. A Two-Dimensional Scheme for the Classification of Narratives , C. Scott Littleton2. The Idea of Folklore: An Essay , Dan Ben Amos3. Myth in Primitive Society , Bronislaw Malinowski Part Two: Why do Myths Exist? Section A: Global Theories of Myth Are All Myths the Same? Jonathan Miles-Watson and Vivian Asimos 1. Balder and the Mistletoe , James Frazer2. The Myth of the Birth of the Hero , Otto Rank3. The Historical Development of Mythology , Joseph Campbell Section B: Myth and Dreams (Dis)Embodied Mythology, Jonathan Miles-Watson and Vivian Asimos 1. Flying Saucers: a modern myth , Carl Gustav Jung2. The Vampire as a Blood Thirsty Revenant: A Psychoanalytic Post Mortem , Alan Dundes3. More than Stories, More than Myths: Animal/Human/Nature(s) in Traditional Ecological Worldviews, Amba Sepie Section C: Myth and History The Search for Truth, Jonathan Miles-Watson and Vivian Asimos1. Myth and Reality , Mercia Eliade 2. The Original Elements of Mythology , Max Muller 3. Cú Chulainn's Women and some Indo-European Comparisons , Nicholas Allen Part Three: What do Myths Do? Section A: Structuralist Approaches Myth and Meaning, Jonathan Miles-Watson and Vivian Asimos1. Jewels and Wounds, Claude Lévi-Strauss 2. Pulleyar and the Lord Buddha , Edmund Leach 3. An Outline of Propp’s Model for the Study of Wondertales , Manuel Aguirre Section B: Neostructuralist Approaches Beyond Binaries, Jonathan Miles-Watson and Vivian Asimos1. We Think What We Eat , Seth Kunin 2 . The Gun and the Bow , Stephen Hugh-Jones 3. The Meaning of Myth , Mary Douglas Section C: Spatial Theories ...
