This systematic attempt to apply Jungian theory to the analysis of films covers 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Silence of the Lambs and The Piano as well as a variety of cultural icons and products such as Madonna, Michael Jackson and televised sport. Through these and other examples, John Izod demonstrates how Jungian theory can bring new tools to film and media studies and new ways of understanding screen images and narratives.
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'Izod's book is a wonderful addition to the slowly growing number of books relating Jungian psychology to film and modern culture ... His background in Jungian and psychoanalytic thought nicely informs a rich, creative summary of the field of psychoanalysis and film and his passion for film and modern media undergirds his analysis of his many excellent examples.' Analytical Psychology
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Myth, Mind and the Screen is a systematic attempt to apply Jungian theory to the analysis of films (including 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Silence of the Lambs and The Piano) as well as a variety of cultural icons and products such as Madonna, Michael Jackson and televised sport. Through these and other examples, John Izod shows how Jungian theory can bring new tools to film and media studies and new ways of understanding screen images and narratives.
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A Jungian analysis of the "shaping myths of our time",
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This review is from: Myth, Mind and the Screen: Understanding the Heroes of our Time (Cambridge Studies in Criminology) (Paperback)
Izod concisely lays out a method of approaching films using Jungian interpretation. Much has been written on film interpretation from a Freudian viewpoint. The field of Jungian film interpretation is growing rapidly in popularity. His chapter on pop stars-particularly Madonna as trickster is excellent. I can also recommend his chapter interpreting Silence of the Lambs.This is a book written for serious Jungian scholars. However for those needing a quick overview Izod does a nice job of explicating the basics of Jungian theory. Izod's interpretations are good and it is clear he has a passion for film and Jungian theory. All in all a very interesting book!
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While all the arts are rich treasure-houses of symbolic material, this is especially true of televisual and cinematic fiction with their ability to employ images, speech, narrative and music. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
animus theory, animus development, contrasexual archetype, textual analyst, sporting hero, cultural unconscious, screen fictions, group unconscious, unconscious energies, child archetype, flower boy, analytical psychology, archetypal images, archetypal imagery, personal unconscious, archetypal energies, unconscious contents, archetypal qualities Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Darkly Noon, Michael Jackson, Cold Lazarus, Buffalo Bill, Daniel Feeld, The X-Files, Olympic Games, Dennis Potter, The Silence of the Lambs, Dave Bowman, Clarice Starling, Emma Porlock, Martina Masdon, Space Odyssey, American Indian, Cold War, Cynthia Hawkins, Great Goddess, Hannibal Lecter, James Hillman, Pig Mailion, Terrible Mother, Bout de Souffle, Death's Head, Jack Crawford New!
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While all the arts are rich treasure-houses of symbolic material, this is especially true of televisual and cinematic fiction with their ability to employ images, speech, narrative and music. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
animus theory, animus development, contrasexual archetype, textual analyst, sporting hero, cultural unconscious, screen fictions, group unconscious, unconscious energies, child archetype, flower boy, analytical psychology, archetypal images, archetypal imagery, personal unconscious, archetypal energies, unconscious contents, archetypal qualities Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Darkly Noon, Michael Jackson, Cold Lazarus, Buffalo Bill, Daniel Feeld, The X-Files, Olympic Games, Dennis Potter, The Silence of the Lambs, Dave Bowman, Clarice Starling, Emma Porlock, Martina Masdon, Space Odyssey, American Indian, Cold War, Cynthia Hawkins, Great Goddess, Hannibal Lecter, James Hillman, Pig Mailion, Terrible Mother, Bout de Souffle, Death's Head, Jack Crawford New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Analytical Psychology by C. G. Jung on 4 pages
- Analytical Psychology: Its Theory and Practice (Ark Paperbacks) by C. G. Jung on 4 pages
- Collected Works of C.G. Jung: General Bibliography of C.G. Jung's Writings (Vol 19) by C.G. Jung in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Political Psyche by Andrew Samuels in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Margaret Atwood (Modern Novelists) by Coral Ann Howells in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Jung and Film: Post-Jungian Takes on the Moving Image by Christopher Hauke in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Jung and Film: Post-Jungian Takes on the Moving Image by Christopher Hauke in Front Matter
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