Between Culture And Fantasy
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Between Culture And Fantasy
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Author : Gillian Gillison
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1993-07
Between Culture And Fantasy written by Gillian Gillison and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-07 with History categories.
The myths of the Gimi, a people of the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, attribute the origin of death and misery to the incestuous desires of the first woman or man, as if one sex or the other were guilty of the very first misdeed. Working for years among the Gimi, speaking their language, anthropologist Gillian Gillison gained rare insight into these myths and their pervasive influence in the organization of social life. Hers is a fascinating account of relations between the sexes and the role of myth in the transition between unconscious fantasy and cultural forms. Gillison shows how the themes expressed in Gimi myths—especially sexual hostility and an obsession with menstrual blood—are dramatized in the elaborate public rituals that accompany marriage, death, and other life crises. The separate myths of Gimi women and men seem to speak to one another, to protest, alter, and enlarge upon myths of the other sex. The sexes cast blame in the veiled imagery of myth and then play out their debate in joint rituals, cooperating in shows of conflict and resolution that leave men undefeated and accord women the greater blame for misfortune.
Between Culture And Fantasy
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Author : Gillian Gillison
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1993-07
Between Culture And Fantasy written by Gillian Gillison and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-07 with History categories.
The myths of the Gimi, a people of the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, attribute the origin of death and misery to the incestuous desires of the first woman or man, as if one sex or the other were guilty of the very first misdeed. Working for years among the Gimi, speaking their language, anthropologist Gillian Gillison gained rare insight into these myths and their pervasive influence in the organization of social life. Hers is a fascinating account of relations between the sexes and the role of myth in the transition between unconscious fantasy and cultural forms. Gillison shows how the themes expressed in Gimi myths—especially sexual hostility and an obsession with menstrual blood—are dramatized in the elaborate public rituals that accompany marriage, death, and other life crises. The separate myths of Gimi women and men seem to speak to one another, to protest, alter, and enlarge upon myths of the other sex. The sexes cast blame in the veiled imagery of myth and then play out their debate in joint rituals, cooperating in shows of conflict and resolution that leave men undefeated and accord women the greater blame for misfortune.
Performing Fantasy And Reality In Contemporary Culture
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Author : Anastasia Seregina
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-08-21
Performing Fantasy And Reality In Contemporary Culture written by Anastasia Seregina and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-21 with Social Science categories.
We frequently engage with that which we consciously perceive not to be real, yet fantasy, despite its pervasive presence and strong role in everyday life through its connection to identities, communities, desires, and meanings, has yet to be properly defined and researched. This book examines fantasy from a performance theory perspective. Drawing on multidisciplinary literature, it presents ethnographic and art-based research on live action role-playing games to explore fantasy as a bodily and negotiated phenomenon that involves various kinds of engagement with one’s surroundings. Overall, this book is a study of various forms and roles that fantasy can take on as part of contemporary Western culture. The study suggests that fantasy emerges as a different type of interpretation of normalised performance and reality, and can thus provide individuals with the tools to wield agency in everyday life. The book will appeal to scholars of sociology, cultural and media studies, literature and performance studies.
Popular Culture In The Age Of White Flight
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Author : Eric Avila
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2006-04
Popular Culture In The Age Of White Flight written by Eric Avila and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-04 with History categories.
"In Popular Culture in the Age of White Flight, Eric Avila offers a unique argument about the restructuring of urban space in the two decades following World War II and the role played by new suburban spaces in dramatically transforming the political culture of the United States. Avila's work helps us see how and why the postwar suburb produced the political culture of 'balanced budget conservatism' that is now the dominant force in politics, how the eclipse of the New Deal since the 1970s represents not only a change of views but also an alteration of spaces."—George Lipsitz, author of The Possessive Investment in Whiteness
Mobility And Fantasy In Visual Culture
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Author : Lewis Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-02-05
Mobility And Fantasy In Visual Culture written by Lewis Johnson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-05 with Art categories.
This volume offers a varied and informed series of approaches to questions of mobility—actual, social, virtual, and imaginary—as related to visual culture. Contributors address these questions in light of important contemporary issues such as migration; globalization; trans-nationality and trans-cultural difference; art, space and place; new media; fantasy and identity; and the movement across and the transgression of the proprieties of boundaries and borders. The book invites the reader to read across the collection, noting differences or making connections between media and forms and between audiences, critical traditions and practitioners, with a view to developing a more informed understanding of visual culture and its modalities of mobility and fantasy as encouraged by dominant, emergent, and radical forms of visual practice.
Magic Monsters And Make Believe Heroes
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Author : Douglas E. Cowan
language : en
Publisher: University of California Press
Release Date : 2019-01-29
Magic Monsters And Make Believe Heroes written by Douglas E. Cowan and has been published by University of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-29 with Religion categories.
Magic, Monsters, and Make-Believe Heroes looks at fantasy film, television, and participative culture as evidence of our ongoing need for a mythic vision—for stories larger than ourselves into which we write ourselves and through which we can become the heroes of our own story. Why do we tell and retell the same stories over and over when we know they can’t possibly be true? Contrary to popular belief, it’s not because pop culture has run out of good ideas. Rather, it is precisely because these stories are so fantastic, some resonating so deeply that we elevate them to the status of religion. Illuminating everything from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Dungeons and Dragons, and from Drunken Master to Mad Max, Douglas E. Cowan offers a modern manifesto for why and how mythology remains a vital force today.
Fantasy Fiction And Welsh Myth
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Author : Kath Filmer-Davies
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 1996-12-13
Fantasy Fiction And Welsh Myth written by Kath Filmer-Davies and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-12-13 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book examines how contemporary fantasy literature offers critical insights into western society and culture by drawing on the ancient myths of Wales. These books emphasise the need to have a set of social and personal values in order to be free from a sense of dislocation and alienation in a highly technologised society and in order to satisfy the sense of 'hiraeth' or longing for a place where one truly belongs.
Applying Anthropology To Fantasy
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Author : Christina Clare Estep
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Applying Anthropology To Fantasy written by Christina Clare Estep and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with categories.
ABSTRACT: The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Star Wars, and Star Trek are but a few modern mythologies that have become woven into the tapestry of our western culture. We have not only embedded these modern myths into our culture, but many people know these modern mythical cultures better than they do their own mundane, "real" culture. Although this study is unconventional in the field of anthropology, this thesis analyzes J.R.R. Tolkien's work of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. The purpose of this thesis is to provide the evidence that fictional cultures are reflections of western ideals; that fictions can be studied like any other non-fictional culture using anthropological approaches; and that modern fictions are modern mythologies. In this thesis, the famous The Lord of the Rings series is analyzed using the anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss's structural perspective and his model of defining the meaning of myth to demonstrate how Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings canon can be successfully analyzed in the same fashion.
Mobility And Fantasy In Visual Culture
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Author : Lewis Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-02-05
Mobility And Fantasy In Visual Culture written by Lewis Johnson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-05 with Art categories.
This volume offers a varied and informed series of approaches to questions of mobility—actual, social, virtual, and imaginary—as related to visual culture. Contributors address these questions in light of important contemporary issues such as migration; globalization; trans-nationality and trans-cultural difference; art, space and place; new media; fantasy and identity; and the movement across and the transgression of the proprieties of boundaries and borders. The book invites the reader to read across the collection, noting differences or making connections between media and forms and between audiences, critical traditions and practitioners, with a view to developing a more informed understanding of visual culture and its modalities of mobility and fantasy as encouraged by dominant, emergent, and radical forms of visual practice.
Afrofuturism
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Author : Ytasha L. Womack
language : en
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Release Date : 2013-10-01
Afrofuturism written by Ytasha L. Womack and has been published by Chicago Review Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-01 with Social Science categories.
2014 Locus Awards Finalist, Nonfiction Category In this hip, accessible primer to the music, literature, and art of Afrofuturism, author Ytasha Womack introduces readers to the burgeoning community of artists creating Afrofuturist works, the innovators from the past, and the wide range of subjects they explore. From the sci-fi literature of Samuel Delany, Octavia Butler, and N. K. Jemisin to the musical cosmos of Sun Ra, George Clinton, and the Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am, to the visual and multimedia artists inspired by African Dogon myths and Egyptian deities, the book's topics range from the "alien" experience of blacks in America to the "wake up" cry that peppers sci-fi literature, sermons, and activism. With a twofold aim to entertain and enlighten, Afrofuturists strive to break down racial, ethnic, and social limitations to empower and free individuals to be themselves.