Harry A Senn
Biographic Data
| ID | 3621796 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Harry A Senn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Harry A |
| FAMILY NAME | Senn |
| SIGNATURE | SENN H A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pitzer College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The shamanic narrative in the postmodern age
The current effacement of a deterministic, universal, scientific narrative to explain and control reality has left in its place a play of alternative narratives. The range of these explanations starts in a philosophical discourse we call deconstruction, an epistemology of textual criticism previously restricted to literary analysis. Now the entire infrastructure inherited from classic mechanics is being called into question, including its totaliz…
The Darkling
The Appointed Hour
Jungian Shamanism
The literature on shamanism generally describes a specially gifted individual who is able to contact and communicate with a realm where spirit beings offer wisdom and help, and who actively transmits this knowledge to others. There seem to be approximately five features that define shamanism: the necessity of a "call"--an illness or accident that signifies the necessity of the individual to work with the spirits; the method used to achieve commun…
Focal Problems
Were-Wolf and Vampire in Romania
Romanian Werewolves
FROM Christmas to Epiphany, confederations of young unmarried men parade through Eastern European villages singing ritual hymns (called colinde) and performing dances, accompanied by musicians and others wearing animal masks. The days and weeks before and after Christmas are likewise celebrated in Romania with masquerading, mumming, and folk dramas using masks that represent animals, old people, and devils, in addition to animal costumes. Folk pl…
Folklore Beginnings in France, the Academie Celtique
Gaston Paris as Folklorist (1867-1895)
Arnold van Gennep
ARNOLD VAN GENNEP (1873-1957) was the first modern folklorist of France. At a time when the field of folklore was in disrepute with the literary folklorists, when ethnologists and sociologists such as Marcel Mauss denied its claim to an autonomous field of study, and when folklorists still argued over its purview, van Gennep was the primary theorist and collector of folklore whose work not only maintained interest in the subject, but provided spe…
Arnold van Gennep
ARNOLD VAN GENNEP (1873-1957) was the first modern folklorist of France. At a time when the field of folklore was in disrepute with the literary folklorists, when ethnologists and sociologists such as Marcel Mauss denied its claim to an autonomous field of study, and when folklorists still argued over its purview, van Gennep was the primary theorist and collector of folklore whose work not only maintained interest in the subject, but provided spe…
Folklore Beginnings in France, the Academie Celtique
Romanian Werewolves
FROM Christmas to Epiphany, confederations of young unmarried men parade through Eastern European villages singing ritual hymns (called colinde) and performing dances, accompanied by musicians and others wearing animal masks. The days and weeks before and after Christmas are likewise celebrated in Romania with masquerading, mumming, and folk dramas using masks that represent animals, old people, and devils, in addition to animal costumes. Folk pl…
Gaston Paris as Folklorist (1867-1895)
Arnold van Gennep
ARNOLD VAN GENNEP (1873-1957) was the first modern folklorist of France. At a time when the field of folklore was in disrepute with the literary folklorists, when ethnologists and sociologists such as Marcel Mauss denied its claim to an autonomous field of study, and when folklorists still argued over its purview, van Gennep was the primary theorist and collector of folklore whose work not only maintained interest in the subject, but provided spe…
Gaston Paris as Folklorist (1867-1895)
Folklore Beginnings in France, the Academie Celtique
Romanian Werewolves
FROM Christmas to Epiphany, confederations of young unmarried men parade through Eastern European villages singing ritual hymns (called colinde) and performing dances, accompanied by musicians and others wearing animal masks. The days and weeks before and after Christmas are likewise celebrated in Romania with masquerading, mumming, and folk dramas using masks that represent animals, old people, and devils, in addition to animal costumes. Folk pl…
Were-Wolf and Vampire in Romania
Focal Problems
Jungian Shamanism
The literature on shamanism generally describes a specially gifted individual who is able to contact and communicate with a realm where spirit beings offer wisdom and help, and who actively transmits this knowledge to others. There seem to be approximately five features that define shamanism: the necessity of a "call"--an illness or accident that signifies the necessity of the individual to work with the spirits; the method used to achieve commun…
The Appointed Hour
The Darkling
The shamanic narrative in the postmodern age
The current effacement of a deterministic, universal, scientific narrative to explain and control reality has left in its place a play of alternative narratives. The range of these explanations starts in a philosophical discourse we call deconstruction, an epistemology of textual criticism previously restricted to literary analysis. Now the entire infrastructure inherited from classic mechanics is being called into question, including its totaliz…
Art (6 works) · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (6 works) · History (6 works) · Literature (6 works) · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis (3 works) · History (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Folklore (2 works) · Historical and Literary Analyses (2 works) · Historical and Literary Studies (2 works)