Myth A New Symposium

Name: Myth A New Symposium
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ISBN: 9780253341587

ISBN-10: 0253341582

ISBN-13: 9780253341587

Edition: 2002

Authors: Gregory Schrempp, William Hansen, Gregory Schrempp, William Hansen

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A multi-disciplinary reconsideration of myth, this text blends theoretical analysis with richly documented historical, ethnographical, and literary illustrations and examples drawn from Native American, classical, medieval and modern sources.

Book details

List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 10/29/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction




Meanings and Boundaries: Reflections on Thompson's "Myth and Folktales"




From Expressive Language to Mythemes: Meaning in Mythic Narratives




David Bidney and the People of Truth




Germans and Indians in South America: Ethnography and the Idea of Text




"Made from Bone": Trickster Myths, Musicality, and Social Constructions of History in the Venezuelan Amazon




Native American Reassessment and Reinterpretation of Myths




Myth Read as History: Odin in Snorri Sturluson's Ynglinga saga




Myth and Legendum in Medieval and Modern Ireland




The West and the People with Myth




Myths of the Rain Forest/The Rain Forest as Myth




Distempered Demos: Myth, Metaphor, and U.S. Political Culture




Imitation or Reconstruction: How Did Roman Viewers Experience Mythological Painting?




Mud and Mythic Vision: Hindu Sculpture in Modern Bangladesh




Myth in Historical Perspective: The Case of Pagan Deities in the Anglo-Saxon Royal Genealogies




Can Myth Be Saved?



Contributors


Index