Millennial mythmaking
Subtitle: essays on the power of science fiction and fantasy literature, films and games
By: edited by John Perlich and David Whitt.
Contributors: Perlich, John R.; Whitt, David.
Publisher: McFarland & Co., Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780786445622
Subjects: Myth in motion pictures; Myth in literature; Fantasy films -- History and criticism; Science fiction films -- History and criticism; Fantasy fiction -- History and criticism; Science fiction -- History and criticism
Description: "These nine essays from a variety of disciplines expand upon the writings of Joseph Campbell. Modern examples of myths from various sources such as Planet of the Apes, Wicked, Pan's Labyrinth,and Spirited Away; the Harry Potter series; and Second Life are analyzed as creative mythology and a representation of contemporary culture and emerging technology"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Sorting heroic choices: green and red in the Harry Potter septology / Kirstin Cronn-mills And Jessica Samens; title: The complexity of evil in modern mythology: the evolution of The wicked witch of the west / Jason Edwards and Brian Klosa; title: Polysemous myth: incongruity in Planet of the apes / Richard Besel and Rene Smith Besel); title: The hero with the thousand-and-first face: Miyazaki's girl quester in Spirited away and Campbell's Monomyth / Dee Geortz); title: The odyssey of Madame Souza: a heroine's quest in The triplets of Belleville / David Whitt; title: Rethinking the monomyth: Pan's labrynth and the face of a new hero(ine) / John Perlich; title: Actors and their mythic heroes from the doctor to Captain Kirk / Djoymi Baker; title: Running free in Angelina Jolie's Virtual body: the myth of the new frontier and gender liberaton in Second life / Ellen Gorsevski; title: So where do I go from here? Ghost in the shell and imagining cyborg mythology for the new millennium / Jay Scott Chipman.