Mythical trickster figures : contours, contexts, and criticisms / edited by William J. Hynes & William G. Doty.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Doty, William G., 1939-

Hynes, William J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animals, Mythical.

Tricksters.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 265 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 1997, c1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mythical Trickster Figures, is the first substantial collection of essays about the trickster to appear since Radin's 1955 The Trickster. Contributions by leading scholars treat a wide range of manifestations of this mischievous character, ranging from the Coyote of the American Southwest to such African figures as Eshu-Elegba and Ananse, the Japanese Susa-no-o, the Greek Hermes, Christian adaptations of Saint Peter, and examples found in contemporary American fiction and drama.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments and Permissions; INTRODUCING THE FASCINATING AND PERPLEXING TRICKSTER FIGURE; HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF THEORETICAL ISSUES: THE PROBLEM OF THE TRICKSTER; MAPPING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF MYTHIC TRICKSTERS: A HEURISTIC GUIDE; A LIFETIME OF TROUBLE-MAKING: HERMES AS TRICKSTER; THE MYTH OF THE TRICKSTER: THE NECESSARY BREAKER OF TABOOS; THE SHAMAN AND THE TRICKSTER; THE EXCEPTION WHO PROVES THE RULES: ANANSE THE AKAN TRICKSTER; WEST AFRICAN TRICKSTERS: WEB OF PURPOSE, DANCE OF DELIGHT; A JAPANESE MYTHIC TRICKSTER FIGURE: SUSA-NO-0

SAINT PETER: APOSTLE TRANSFIGURED INTO TRICKSTER THE MORAL IMAGINATION OF THE ICAGURU: SOME THOUGHTS ON TRICKSTERS, TRANSLATION AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; INHABITING THE SPACE BETWEEN DISCOURSE AND STORY IN TRICKSTER NARRATIVES; INCONCLUSIVE CONCLUSIONS: TRICKSTERS, METAPLAYERS AND REVEALERS; Notes; Bibliography; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-258) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8285-2

OCLC:

426526501