Dreams, Vampires and Ghosts : Anthropological Perspectives on the Sacred and Psychology in Film and Television /: Anthropological Perspectives on the Sacred and Psychology in Film and Television. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Louise Child.
• Authors: Child, Louise
• Contents: 1. From Ritual Drama to Melodrama: Anthropology, Religion, and the Study of Film and Serial Television -- 2. Dreams as Detection: Surrealism and Psychology in the films of Alfred Hitchcock. -- 3. Animism, the Anima and the Demonic Shadow: Twin Peaks -- 4. A Fairy Tale Heroine?: Myth, Sacred Duty, and Society in Buffy the Vampire Slayer -- 5. Ghosts and Spirits: Ghost, Poltergeist, and Afterlife -- 6. Aliens and Deities: Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine -- 7. Rituals and Motherhood in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and True Blood -- 8. Dreams Reprise: Mythical Worlds and Mad Love in Heavenly Creatures, Bram Stoker's Dracula and Total Recall -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Publisher Details: London, UK : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 154.63; Dreams; Paganism; Vampires; Spirits; Ghosts; Dreams; Rêves; Paganisme; Vampires; Esprits; dreams; Dreams; Ghosts; Paganism; Spirits; Vampires
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350087125; 1350087122; 9781350087118
• Related ISBNs: 13500887114; 9781350087101
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.