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The Trickster: A Study in American Indian Mythology

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Manufacturer: Schocken
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Anthropological and psychological analysis by Radin Kereny and Jung of the voraciously uninhibited episodes of the Winnebego Trickster cycle.


DESCRIPTION:

Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 299.7
EAN: 9780805203516
ISBN: 0805203516
Label: Schocken
Manufacturer: Schocken
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 211
Publication Date: 1988-01-01
Publisher: Schocken
Release Date: 1987-09-13
Studio: Schocken


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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

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Summary: The trickster at about as strange as it can get
Comment: Broken Film: Poems

Raul Radin's The Trickster presents one of the more refreshingling un-filtered American Indian story cycles. Given its age the language does tend to be a bit creaky and the pacing can be a bit slow for modern tastes. But very few readers will fail to have at least one or two well worn scales ripped from their eyes by shocks to either narrative expectation or standard decorum as they work their way through this amazingly fertile and amusing myth.

It is best to treat the tellings in this volume as transcripts, and then to replay them in your imagination to amplify the humor and humanity that are sketched out in the linear renderings.

There is great stuff here when you replay it in the windmills of your mind.
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Summary: Used but new(ish)
Comment: Bought used for a very good price. Book in excellent condition. Came in mail in a matter of a few days.
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Summary: Good myth but bad commentaries
Comment: The Trickster myth is hilarious and it shows how myths can shape people's psyches. The commentaries are somewhat disappointing, though. You must have a big interest in the subject to enjoy this book.
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Summary: Coyote on the couch
Comment: Although occasionally dry, the connection between myth and psych is touched on here - distinguishing this material from more conventional anthologies of Coyote/Trickster legends. I might suggest the more readable Joseph Campbell, and indeed there's a bit of a connection between the two writers, and Carl Jung.

There's new material here, even if a little too intellectual for some. Some of the legends were new to me, and the valuable tidbits made it worth wading through. Jung's contribution is unique. In summary: It's a slower read, but worth the effort.
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Summary: Try to cut the essays a little slack
Comment: The introduction and other essays in this book suffer greatly from 'primitive peoples' syndrome (it was written a few decades ago). Ignore this: the best part of the book is the middle, where a Winnebago trickster story plus a few others are included, supposedly in full. If you believe Radin's description of collecting the myths (got them from an informant, translated by two more informants and 'tidied up' by him), then they seem to be pretty much OK.. certainly nothing obvious has been left out, as self-mutilation, genitals, and jolly exploits with faeces are still in there. Draw your own conclusions.

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