Myth, mind, and the screen
Subtitle: understanding the heroes of our times
By: John Izod
Series: Cambridge studies in criminology; Cambridge studies in criminology (Cambridge University Press)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
Subjects: Motion pictures; Television; Psychological aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-229) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: I; title: I Jungian theory, textual analysis and audience play; title: 2 Archetypal images: signification and the psyche; title: 3 Archetypal images: symbols and the cultural unconscious; title: 4 The Piano, the animus and colonial experience; title: 5 The pop star as icon; title: Androgyny and stardom: cutual meanings of Michael Jackson; title: A goddess who comes? Madonna as trickster; title: 6 The quest of a female hero: The Silence of the Lambs; title: 7 Television sport and the sacrificial hero; title: 8 The polycentred self: The Passion of Darkly Noon; title: 9 Haunted: searching for the whole self; title: 10 Transforming the final ghost: the god within; title: Conclusion; title: Filmography; title: Glossary of Jungian and related terms.