1st Edition
Fairy Tales and the Social Unconscious The Hidden Language
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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The book combines two main perspectives: the study of the social unconscious and the study of fairy tales. Examining different versions of fairy tales told by different ethnic communities teaches us about the relations between universal and local/cultural aspects of the social unconscious. Exploring the unique status of fairy tales as located on the border line between concrete/somatic and... Read more
Series Editor's Foreword , Introduction 1 , Giving one's heart and speaking from the bottom of the heart: the case of the Jewish mother in Eastern European tales , Asked for her hand and the tales about the handless maiden: how is taking the hand associated with a marriage proposal? , Living in her skin: social skin-ego and the maiden who enters others' skins in fairy tales , Eyes and envy: reading Grimms' One-eye, Two-eyes and Three-eyes and its Jewish parallels , I (do not) see what you mean: the concrete and metaphoric dimensions of blindness in fairy tales and the social mind , To step into someone's shoes: the tales about Cinderella , Fire of lust: passion and greed in fairy tales and the social (un)conscious , To eat a crow (swallow frogs): a story of decrees and humiliation , Epilogue
Biography
Ravit Raufman
