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1 online resource (xvii, 295 pages) |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
CREDITS; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1. SEARCHING FOR TRICKSTER; Chapter 2. THE SILVER-TONGUED DEVIL; Chapter 3. THE TRICKSTERISH BRAIN; Chapter 4. EVOLUTION; Chapter 5. THE BRAIN OF SEX; Chapter 6. THE BRAIN OF LOVE AND WAR; Chapter 7. THE BRAIN OF SONG; Chapter 8. ETHICS; Chapter 9. STORYTELLING AND THETHEORY OF MIND; Chapter 10. THE BRAIN OF GOD; Chapter 11. THE TRICKSTER OF MYTHOLOGY; Chapter 12. A SWATH OF TRICKSTER STORIES FROM ORAL LITERATURE; Chapter 13. FEMALE TRICKSTERS; Chapter 14. LITERARY FILTERS; Chapter 15. MUSIC AND THE TRICKSTER. |
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Chapter 16. A SWATH OF OTHER TRICKSTER STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLDChapter 17. THE TRICKSTER PERSONIFIED; Chapter 18. BLUES AND COURTING TRICKSTERS; Chapter 19. TRICKSTER INWRITTEN LITERATURE; Chapter 20. TRICKSTER WAS WANDERING; NOTES; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR. |
Summary |
The Trickster Brain: Neuroscience, Evolution, and Nature by David Williams looks at literature from an evolutionary, biological, and neurological perspective. He uses the Trickster character as he/she appears across cultures to demonstrate how stories reveal universal aspects of the biological mind. Williams brings together science and the humanities, demonstrating a critical way of approaching literature that incorporates scientific thought. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Tricksters.
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Tricksters. |
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Brain -- Folklore.
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Brain. |
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Folklore.
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Brain -- Evolution.
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Brain -- Evolution. |
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Human evolution.
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Human evolution. |
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Neurosciences.
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Neurosciences. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: The trickster brain Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2012. 9780739143971 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 2012007786 |
ISBN |
9780739143995 ebook |
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0739143999 |
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9780739143971 cloth alkaline paper |
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9781280687181 (MyiLibrary) |
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1280687185 (MyiLibrary) |
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0739143972 |
Standard No. |
40021263334 |
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