Myth and method / edited by Laurie L. Patton and Wendy Doniger.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Patton, Laurie L., 1961-

Doniger, Wendy.

Series:

Studies in religion and culture (Charlottesville, Va.)

Studies in religion and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Myth--Study and teaching--Methodology.

Myth.

Mythology--Study and teaching--Methodology.

Mythology.

Myth--Study and teaching.

Physical Description:

vii, 416 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, 1996.

Summary:

'Myth and Method is a significant contribution to the study of religion, culture, method, and comparison, summarizing, with fairness, the crisis in the study of mythology that has developed in the last ten years. The volume strives for a balance between two centrifugal forces in academic discourse: the exclusive focus on method and an exclusive focus on area studies, addressing their strengths without aligning itself to the provincialism of either.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0813916569

0813916577

OCLC:

34516050