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The new gods : psyche and symbol in popular art / Harold Schechter.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Schechter, Harold.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Popular culture--Psychological aspects.
Popular culture.
Symbolism in art.
Art and mythology.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (172 pages) : illustrations
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green University Popular Press, 1980.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Harold Schechter looks at the impossible tales and images of popular art--the space odysseys and extraterrestrial civilizations, the caped crusaders and men of steel, and monsters from the ocean floor--and finds close connections between religious myth and popular entertainment.
Contents:
Individuation and popular art
The realization of the shadow
Animal house: images of the collective shadow
Syzygy: the integration of the anima
Hero with 2000 faces
Appendix: The myth of the eternal child in sixties America.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9786612622892
9780879728762
0879728760
9781282622890
1282622897
OCLC:
650482625

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