Bloody Mary in the Mirror: Essays in Psychoanalytic Folkloristics

Bloody Mary in the Mirror: Essays in Psychoanalytic Folkloristics
ISBN-10
1578064619
ISBN-13
9781578064618
Category
Psychology
Pages
141
Language
English
Published
2002-05-22
Publisher
Univ. Press of Mississippi
Author
Alan Dundes

Description

Bloody Mary in the Mirror mixes Sigmund Freud with vampires and The Little Mermaid to see what new light psychoanalysis can shed on folklore techniques and forms. Ever since Freud published his analysis of Jewish jokes in 1905 and his disciple Otto Rank followed with his groundbreaking The Myth of the Birth of the Hero in 1909, the psychoanalytic study of folklore has been an acknowledged part of applied psychoanalysis. All of the essays in this volume create new takes on old traditions. Bloody Mary in the Mirror is an expedition into psychoanalytic folklore techniques and constitutes a giant step towards realizing the potential Freud's work promises for folklore studies.

Other editions

Similar books