Cultural Zoo : Animals in the Human Mind and its Sublimation.

Cultural Zoo : Animals in the Human Mind and its Sublimation.

'This book is a major contribution to culture and to the psychoanalytic literature. The authors explore how animals, both wild and domesticated, have powerful symbolic meanings in our psyches, mythology, religion, literature, art, music, and popular culture. From the prehistoric art of Lascaux...

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Main Author: Akhtar, Salman
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Karnac Books, 2014.
©2005
Subjects:
Psychoanalysis.
Human-animal relationships.
Animals > Psychological aspects.
psychoanalysis.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • COVER
  • Table of Contents
  • Contributors
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part I Animals and the Human Mind
  • CHAPTER 1 Cross-Cultural Perspectives on the Bond Between Man and Animals
  • CHAPTER 2 Dreams of Animals
  • Part II Animals and the Culture atLarge
  • CHAPTER 3 Human to Animal Transformations in Literature
  • CHAPTER 4 Animals in Children's Stories
  • CHAPTER 5 Artists and Beasts: Sacred and Sacrificed
  • CHAPTER 6 Animals, Music, and Psychoanalysis
  • CHAPTER 7 Animals and Religion
  • CHAPTER 8 An Annotated Visit to the Cinematic Zoo
  • CHAPTER 9 Immigration, National Identity, and Animals
  • NAME INDEX
  • SUBJECT INDEX.

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