An edition of Trickster Makes This World (1997)

Trickster Makes This World

Mischief, Myth, & Art

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An edition of Trickster Makes This World (1997)

Trickster Makes This World

Mischief, Myth, & Art

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  • ★★★★ ★ 4.50 ·
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North Point Press
Language
English
Pages
432

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Previews available in: English

Subjects
Arts, Mythology, Tricksters, Trickster, Mythologie, Oplichting, Kunst, Tricksters in literature, Literature and folklore, Humor, general

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Trickster Makes This World: Mischief Myth And Art
2008, Canongate Books Ltd
in English
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Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth, & Art
February 16, 1999, North Point Press
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Trickster makes this world: mischief, myth, and art
1998, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
in English - 1st ed.
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Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth, and Art
December 31, 1997, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
in English
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First Sentence

"The trickster myth derives creative intelligence from appetite."

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Page lx
Introduction Page 3
Part One: Trap of Nature.
1:. Slipping the Trap of Appetite Page 17
2:. "That's My Way, Coyote, Not Your Way" Page 39
3:. The First Lie Page 55
Interlude.
The Land of the Dead Page 83
Part Two: Two-Road Change.
4:. An Attack of Accidents Page 95
5:. The God of the Crossroads Page 108
6:. The Lucky Find Page 128
Part Three: Dirt Work.
7:. Speechless Shame and Shameless Speech Page 153
8:. Matter Out of Place Page 173
Part Four: Trap of Culture.
9:. Hermes Slips the Trap Page 203
10:. Frederick Douglass and Eshu's Hat Page 226
11:. Trickster Arts and Works of Artus Page 252
Conclusion.
12:. Prophecy Page 283
Envoi Page 313
Appendix I. The Homeric Hymn to Hermes Page 317
Appendix II. Trickster and Gender Page 335
Appendix III. Monkey and the Peaches of Immortality Page 347
Notes Page 355
Bibliography Page 389
Acknowledgments Page 401
Art credits Page 403
Index Page 405

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Library of Congress
GR524.H93 1999

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
432
Dimensions
8.2 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches
Weight
14.4 ounces

ID Numbers

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OL8317237M
ISBN 10
0865475369
ISBN 13
9780865475366
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96546
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