The Truth of Myth

Tok Thompson, Gregory Schrempp (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2020
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-022280-2 (ISBN)

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The Truth of Myth is a thorough and accessible introduction to the study of myth, surveying the intellectual history of the topic, methods for studying myth cross-culturally, and emerging trends. Readers will encounter insightful commentaries on such questions as: What is the relation of mythology to religion? To science? To popular culture? Did the events recounted in myths actually occur? Why does the term "myth" have so many contradictory definitions and connotations? Offering serious students with an intellectual "toolkit" for launching into this fascinating field, the book is especially useful in conjunction with case studies of individual mythological traditions.

Tok Thompson is Associate Professor of Teaching, Anthropology, and Communications at the University of Southern California. Gregory Schrempp is Professor of Folklore at Indiana University.

Erscheinungsdatum	12.03.2020
Reihe/Serie	World Mythology in Theory and Everyday Life
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	137 x 208 mm
Gewicht	227 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-19-022280-8 / 0190222808
ISBN-13	978-0-19-022280-2 / 9780190222802
Zustand	Neuware