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Peer reviewedHiltunen, Sirkku M. Sky – Journal of Poetry Therapy, 2001
Examines mother imagery from the Finnish mythological epic "Kalevala," and describes how they offer healing imagery for understanding and acceptance of one's own mother and subsequently one's self. Offers background to the "Kalevala" itself, its language and to warriors, shamans, and sages in general. Examines seven mother…
Descriptors: Epics, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Literature Appreciation
Peer reviewedLivingstone, Sonia; Liebes, Tamar – Critical Studies in Mass Communication, 1995
Explores parallels between the soap opera and both fairy tales and therapy. Presents a detailed analysis of a recurrent narrative element in soaps--that of the "bad" and/or missing mother of young women heroines in "The Young and the Restless." Emphasizes the repressive over the liberating aspects of the soap opera. (SR)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Fairy Tales, Higher Education, Mothers
