Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Jungian theory, textual analysis and audience play
- 2 Archetypal images: signification and the psyche
- 3 Archetypal images: symbols and the cultural unconscious
- 4 The Piano, the animus and colonial experience
- 5 The pop star as icon
- 6 The quest of a female hero: The Silence of the Lambs
- 7 Television sport and the sacrificial hero
- 8 The polycentred self: The Passion of Darkly Noon
- 9 Haunted: searching for the whole self
- 10 Transforming the final ghost: the god within
- Conclusion
- Filmography
- Glossary of Jungian and related terms
- References
- Index
Acknowledgments
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 September 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Jungian theory, textual analysis and audience play
- 2 Archetypal images: signification and the psyche
- 3 Archetypal images: symbols and the cultural unconscious
- 4 The Piano, the animus and colonial experience
- 5 The pop star as icon
- 6 The quest of a female hero: The Silence of the Lambs
- 7 Television sport and the sacrificial hero
- 8 The polycentred self: The Passion of Darkly Noon
- 9 Haunted: searching for the whole self
- 10 Transforming the final ghost: the god within
- Conclusion
- Filmography
- Glossary of Jungian and related terms
- References
- Index
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- Myth, Mind and the ScreenUnderstanding the Heroes of our Time, pp. xi - xiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2001