1st Edition
Mis/takes Archetype, Myth and Identity in Screen Fiction
Introduction. Part I: Jung, Trickster and the Screen. Analytical Psychology and Myth: The Bigger Picture. Mutability, Identity and the Farce if Fixity: Trickster. Part II: Mistaken Identities, Self-deception and the Undead. The Obscure by the More Obscure: Mulholland Drive. Setting the Conditions for Forgetting: Memento. The Undead, Psychopomps and Filicide: The Others. Part III: Redeemers, Bad Dads and Matricide. Dana Immaculate and Divine Children: The X-Files. Libidinal Frenzy: Twin Peaks. Incest by Goomah/Daughter Proxy: The Sopranos. Motherly and Slatternly Creatures: Spider. Part IV: Excesses of the Sad and the Sassy. The Fear of Exposure and Connection: Intimacy. Grotesques, Bakhtin and Rupture: Absolutely Fabulous. Conclusion.
Biography
Terrie Waddell is a Lecturer in Media Studies and Convenor of Gender, Sexuality and Diversity Studies at La Trobe University, Australia
