Eleazar M. Meletinsky Guy Lanoue Alexandre Sadetsky
This work considers myth to be the prehistory phase of literature and explores the mythological inheritance of specific images, myth as a form of oral literature, and the formulas and structure of myth as the basis for literature. Translated from the Russian, this version of his classic work has been edited to reinstate omissions due to political censorship.
This work considers myth to be the prehistory phase of literature and explores the mythological inheritance of specific images, myth as a form of oral...
The creation of a huge artificial lake in western Canada led to the flooding of prime hunting and trapping territory of the Sekani Indians thus depriving them of their traditional occupations and livelihood. This caused considerable social distress resulting in a drastic increase of alcohol consumption and violence and seriously disrupting social relationships. Some Sekani made efforts to create new ties of solidarity through the adoption of Pan-Indianism however this ideology did not prove effective. The author concludes that their lack...
A provocative analysis of a nativist movement.
The creation of a huge artificial lake in western Canada led to the flooding of prime hunting ...
What does Roman mean? How does the mythical city touch people s identities, values and attitudes? In the long-established and official imaginary of the West, Rome is the citta dell arte, the city of faith, an heirloom city inspired by the traces of ancient Empire, by the brooding aura of the Church, by Hollywood fairy-tale romance, and by the spicy tang of veiled decadence. But what of its contemporary residents? Are they now merely guides and waiters servicing throngs of tourists indifferent to the city s contemporary charms? Guy Lanoue, a former resident of Rome, explores how Romans live...
What does Roman mean? How does the mythical city touch people s identities, values and attitudes? In the long-established and official imaginary of th...
