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Bloody Mary in the Mirror - Essays in Psychoanalytic Folkloristics

Inglese · Tascabile

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Seven ways in which psychoanalysis illuminates folklore

Bloody Mary in the Mirror mixes Sigmund Freud with vampires and explores various folklore genres to see what new light psychoanalysis can shed on folklore techniques and forms. In seven fascinating essays, folklorist Alan Dundes applies psychoanalytic theory to illuminate such genres as legend (in the vampire tale), folktale (in the ancient Egyptian tale of two brothers), custom (in fraternity hazing and ritual fasting), and games (in the modern Greek game of "Long Donkey"). One of two essays Dundes co-authored with daughter Lauren Dundes, professor of sociology at Western Maryland College, successfully probes the content of Disney's The Little Mermaid, yielding new insights into this popular reworking of a Hans Christian Andersen favorite.

Among folk rituals investigated is the girl's game of "Bloody Mary." Elementary or middle school-age girls huddle in a darkened bathroom awaiting the appearance in the mirror of a frightening apparition. The plausible analysis of this well-known, if somewhat puzzling, rite is one of many surprising and enlightening finds in this book. All of the essays in this volume create new takes on old traditions. Bloody Mary in the Mirror is an expedition into psychoanalytic folklore techniques and constitutes a giant step towards realizing the potential psychoanalysis promises for folklore studies.

Alan Dundes (deceased) was professor of anthropology and folklore at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Alan Dundes (1934-2005) was professor of anthropology and folklore at the University of California, Berkeley. Among many others, his books include Interpreting Folklore and From Game to War and Other Psychoanalytic Essays on Folklore. He is editor of Mother Wit from the Laughing Barrel: Readings in the Interpretation of Afro-American Folklore, published by University Press of Mississippi.

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Autori Alan Dundes
Editore University Press Of Mississippi
 
Lingue Inglese
Formato Tascabile
Pubblicazione 22.05.2002
 
EAN 9781604731873
ISBN 978-1-60473-187-3
Pagine 164
Dimensioni 152 mm x 229 mm x 9 mm
Peso 248 g
Categorie Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Politica
Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali
Scienze umane, arte, musica > Psicologia > Psicanalisi

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