| Mis/Takes: Archetype, Myth and Identity in Screen Fiction Contributor(s): Waddell, Terrie (Author) |
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ISBN: 1583917217 ISBN-13: 9781583917213 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $50.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2006 Annotation: "Mis/takes "departs from the bulk of screen discourse by applying Jungian and post-Jungian ideas on unconscious processes to popular film and television. This perspective offers a rich insight into the intertextual fusing and reworking of myth in contemporary screen texts. By examining the function of archetypal motifs in cinema and television, Terrie Waddell opens up another way of thinking about how identity can be constructed and disrupted. The following films and programs under analysis have been selected for their relevance to analytical psychology: "Mulholland Drive, Memento, The Others, The X-Files, Twin Peaks, The Sopranos, Spider, Intimacy "and" Absolutely Fabulous." Each of the book's four sections explore the impact of a number of core psychological patterns and symbols: - Jung, Trickster and the Screen - Mistaken Identities, Self-Deception and the Undead - Redeemers, Bad Dads and Matricide - Excesses of the Sad and the Sassy "Mis/takes" offers a valuable insight into how experiences of the popular can be intensified by giving readers the chance to engage with screen material in an original and subversive way. This study will be of great interest to Jungian analysts and students of film, cultural studies, media, gender studies and analytical psychology. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - General |
| Dewey: 791.436 |
| LCCN: 2006012516 |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.24" W x 9.18" (0.87 lbs) 226 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mis/takes departs from the bulk of screen discourse by applying Jungian and Post-Jungian ideas on unconscious processes to popular film and television. This perspective offers a rich insight into the way that various myths infiltrate popular culture. By examining the function of psychological motifs and symbols in cinema and television, Terrie Waddell opens up another way of thinking about how identity can be constructed and disrupted. Mulholland Drive, Memento, The Others, The X-Files, Twin Peaks, The Sopranos, Spider, Intimacy and Absolutely Fabulous all lend themselves to this approach. The close analysis of these films/programs are guided by a number of core archetypes from trickster and Self to incest and the grotesque. The book's four parts reflect these dominant patterns:
Mis/takes gives readers a chance to engage with screen material in an original and subversive way. This study will be of great interest to Jungian analysts and students of film, cultural studies, media, gender studies and analytical psychology. |