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American tricksters : thoughts on the shadow side of a culture's psyche / William J. Jackson ; foreword by Peter Thuesen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jackson, William J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tricksters.
- Trickster in American history.
- Tricksters in motion pictures.
- Tricksters in television.
- Tricksters in fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (292 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Tricksters are known by their deeds. Obviously not all the examples in American Tricksters are full-blown mythological tricksters like Coyote, Raven, or the Two Brothers found in Native American stories, or superhuman figures like the larger-than-life Davy Crockett of nineteenth-century tales. Newer expressions of trickiness do share some qualities with the Trickster archetype seen in myths. Rock stars who break taboos and get away with it, heroes who overcome monstrous circumstances, crafty folk who find a way to survive and thrive when the odds are against them, men making spectacles of them
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781630877330
- 1630877336
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