Mythologies by Wendy Doniger
With 395 original articles written by leading scholars, it is a remarkable encounter with the mythologies of cultures past and present—the web of stories, traditions, rituals, practices, beliefs, divine figures, sacred objects, and great themes that define civilization.Drawing on a breathtaking array of sources, from the history of religions to anthropology, archaeology, literature, and linguistics, the contributors define a new approach to the understanding of myth in society.
For this first English-language edition, the articles have been rearranged by region or culture. Together they comprise an exceptionally broad, stimulating introduction to the religious and mythical traditions of the world—from the idea of death in Ancient Egypt to the ideology of nationalism in modern Europe. Greeks and Romans are here in force, naturally, but so too are the Bantu, Dinka, and Dogon of Africa and the Armenians, Mongols, and Turks of Asia.
Readers of Mythologies will discover a wealth of fresh primary sources on such little known traditions as those of the Vietnamese—and bold, provocative new interpretations of well-studied traditions, such as those of classical Greece.
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The Inspector Barlach Mysteries
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The Major Political Writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Make Poverty Personal
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Cultural Capital
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The Poet's Work
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Costa Rican Natural History
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Body by Darwin
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Bankers and Empire
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The Dancing Bees
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Bernini
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No Caption Needed
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Kamikaze Diaries
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What Is Pastoral?
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Naked Airport
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The Peloponnesian War
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Deserts Are Not Empty
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Subaltern Studies 2.0 Being against the Capitalocene
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Fields of Wheat, Hills of Blood
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Plant Evolution
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How to Do It
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Women, the Family, and Peasant Revolution in China
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Ghost Image
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Becoming a Psychotherapist
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Pushkin's Button
Yves Bonnefoy was named to the College de France in 1981 to fill the chair left vacant by the death of Roland Barthes and was the first poet honoured in this way since Paul Valery. He is the author of six critically acclaimed books of poetry. Bonnefoy's poems have appeared in English in the New Yorker, Paris Review, Partisan Review, and other journals.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780226064536 |
| ISBN 10 | 0226064530 |
| Title | Mythologies |
| Author | Wendy Doniger |
| Series | Emersion: Emergent Village Resources For Communities Of Faith |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press |
| Year published | 1991-04-23 |
| Number of pages | 1306 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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