{"product_id":"the-female-trickster-9780415385305","title":"The Female Trickster","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Female Trickster\u003c\/em\u003e presents a Post-Jungian postmodern perspective regarding the role of women in contemporary Western society by investigating the re-emergence of female trickster energy in all aspects of popular culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRicki Tannen explores the psychological aspects of what happened when women's imagination was legally and psychologically enclosed millennia ago and demonstrates how the re-emergence of Trickster energy through the female imagination has the radical potential to effect a transformation of western consciousness. Examples are drawn from a diverse range of sources, from Jane Austen, and female sleuth narratives, to Madonna and Sex and the City, illustrating how Trickster energy is used not to maintain power and control but to integrate and unite the paradoxical through humour. Subjects covered include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eimagination and metaphor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe traditional trickster\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003elaw and the imagination\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehumour: Eros using logos \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe po\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Reading this amazing book puts one at the heart of that rare event - a major, discernible shift in human culture and behaviour.\u003c\/em\u003e The Female Trickster \u003cem\u003eis a really new take on women in Western society.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e-\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Samuels, Professor of Analytical Psychology, University of Essex, UK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A stunning tour de force,\u003c\/em\u003e The Female Trickster \u003cem\u003eunites depth psychology, mythology, cultural theory, feminism, and literature in an incisive revelation of the feminine in a postmodern age. The analysis of the fictional female detective as trickster is a startling and valuable contribution to gender research. Tannen is to be congratulated on a book important for students of the humanities and clinicians alike.\" - \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr. Susan Rowland, University of Greenwich, UK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"In this excellent and provocative book, Ricki Tannen displays creativity and a refreshing lack of inhibition in her criticism of traditional mores and exposure of the flaw in our cultures that do not recognise the female trickster...I have recommended this book to my colleagues and my patients.\" - \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarilyn Newman Metzi, from PsycCRITIQUES Vol 52, December 2007\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface. \u003cstrong\u003ePart I: Introducing the Female Trickster.\u003c\/strong\u003e Introduction. Meetings with Remarkable Women. Location, Location, Location. \u003cstrong\u003ePart II: Calling Upon the Ancestors.\u003c\/strong\u003e Imagination and Metaphor. Where Have all the Virgins Gone? Law and the Imagination. From the Madwomen in the Attic to Mainstream and Mysterious. \u003cstrong\u003ePart III: Honoring the Traditions. \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Traditional Trickster. Humour. \u003cstrong\u003ePart IV: Re\/Storation. \u003c\/strong\u003eWomen are Funny. The Postmodern Female Trickster. Blanche White, Re\/Storation Agent. New Sightings, \u003cem\u003eSex and the City.\u003c\/em\u003e Conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402109002071,"sku":"9780415385305","price":137.23,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-female-trickster-9780415385305","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}